On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 19:48, rad0 wrote:
> I need to know what kind of grease is used
> in assembling a car's distributor?
> 
> It looks like the gear and the bottom half of the shaft
> gets lubricated by engine oil, because there is
> a short spiral channel in the bottom of the shaft.
> 
> But up on top where the distributor mechanism is 
> located, there is a small seal and I think it was packed
> lightly with some sort of grease.
> 
> I want to do this only once and I thought one of
> you might know. Thanks.

Might help to let us know from where this alternator came from.

On all the automotive alternators I've seen (mostly GM) the alternator
is completely self contained, no contact with engine oil.

The main bearings are the self contained types, they are greased at time
of manufacture and that's it, when the bearing goes you don't repack it,
you just replace it (they are standard bearings, nothing fancy).

Remaking alternators used to be big, kits were available for almost
every type out there, but these days rebuilt alternators for most cars
are so cheap it just isn't worth the labour of rebuilding it yourself.
TTYL
 
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