Hi,

I had this problem, both the cradle and the adjuster brace have broken. DPO
had cradle rewelded, looks like one-eyed three finger Bob was on the job.
Talked to DPO's mechanic 'ja, ve chust couldn't keep de altenator on dat
van' I replaced the adjuster bracket with one made from steel bar about
1.5x as thick, the 'International Harvester' version. DPO/mech had also
brilliantly drilled THROUGH the water jacket to get out the broken stud
from the cradle mount.

Looks like this alt bracket breakage is not a unique event, anyone else
with probs? My alt now has new bearings, it ran/worked fine but grated, so
I took it in, NO bearings at one end.  This would explain the source of my
vibrations, maybe that's going on.

bye, Tim

'87 Syncro Westy (the vibrator)
'85 CrewCab/Sub (yard art)
'85 7 seater (yard art's brother, the organ donor)