Ludeaem wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 4:23 pm
Yea I wouldn't think a Japanese car would come with german parts as that's not how Japanese companies roll.
To answer 3Q Jay, voltage drops to 12 while idling became more and more frequent. I was watching voltage on my radar dectector
I put a genuine branded (still Hitachi remann'd i believe) -6p000R on the FGY33 back in 2008. I would trust the hitachi rebuild on the assumption that they still have the original supply chain piece parts as an alternative to the nissan branded parts which are no longer avail (at least on the G50--haven't looked for the FGY33). For anything else. I think there is a 'hit or miss' question on the pedigree of the voltage regulator and to a lesser extent the rectifier and bearings. Which makes me tend toward 'refreshing' a sick alternator with a known pedigree.
Stators and rotor (slip rings) can fail, but that's pretty rare.
The original NSK green seal alternator bearings are still readily avail, and brushes are brushes. I have both of those in my garage if anyone would like help with their Hitachi LR1110 (basic config applies to both G50 and FGY33).