Alternator for 85 GT (Page 2/2) Patrick SEP 10, 06:26 PM quote Originally posted by steve308: Unfortunately I snapped off enough of the brackets mounting 'ear' that the dodge runner unit has nothing to bolt to. This is becoming a tech thread ... but Steve, if a spacer (the same thickness as the missing broken off "ear") was used to position the bottom of the alternator the correct distance from Dodgerunner's bracket, wouldn't that have worked when all bolted up? steve308 SEP 10, 09:31 PM quote Originally posted by Patrick: This is becoming a tech thread ... but Steve, if a spacer (the same thickness as the missing broken off "ear") was used to position the bottom of the alternator the correct distance from Dodgerunner's bracket, wouldn't that have worked when all bolted up? It might have but I found the RD idler and recommended belt rotated the lower alternator bolt mount back to where I could use the remaining bracket to secure the alternator with the extra strength of the brace helping. I'd be concerned about the alternator becoming a stressed mounting point using a spacer without the beef of some of the original bracket sharing the stress. I'm probably wrong. Patrick SEP 10, 11:54 PM quote Originally posted by steve308: I'd be concerned about the alternator becoming a stressed mounting point using a spacer without the beef of some of the original bracket sharing the stress. I'm probably wrong. Heh heh... well, it's all hypothetical. You found a solution that worked, that's the important thing.