Parts on order. Anyone who needs. the star nut and lock nut for a
rack-style alternator adjuster should look for 034 903 555 B. Van Cafe
doesn't presently stock just the fasteners, but they do have the who arm
and fasteners for $35 plus shipping. Several other tuning vendors have just
the fasteners, I ordered one for about $12.00 shipped.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 2:22 PM Jim. Felder via groups.io <jim.felder=
gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

> A few months ago after my diesel westy alternator bracket broke I had to
> find a replacement. I needed look no further than my own parts stash to
> find the short adjustment arm used on the diesel Vanagon setup. The
> difficulty of getting such a part if one was stuck out on the road is
> something you don't want to go through. Pretty easy job, hard to find part.
>
>
> I found a spare on eBay, VW Audio stamped part number A 068 908 253 AA. It
> was cheap enough, and of better quality than the original in my opinion.
> Thicker, stouter, and with extra features like that geared rack that you
> may have seen on 1991 gas Vanagons to allow you to tension the alternator
> with a gear that fit in the rack so the the belt could be properly
> tightened with one wrench and locked down with another. Very slick, I had
> one for a 2.1 and sold it years ago. So I have this spiffy bracket but need
> the star gear to fit the rack (looks the same to me) and the lock bolt, in
> other words everything but the bracket to make this work. So does anyone
> have these parts for the part number mentioned above they would be willing
> to sell, or for the 2.1 bracket (but I don't need the bracket, just the
> gear and lock nut and anything that goes with that).
>
> I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows. I cross posted because
> the 2.1 gas vanagon are more likely to have this part lying around that
> diesel owners.
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
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