How do you change alternator on Renault traffic?

Answer 1

I changed the alternator on my 02 trafic van today, its pretty straight forward job but took a bit of time to actually get at the part needing replacing, i did it on the drive, no jack, you will need a few tools and a couple of torques head sockets to get at the bumper screws, you need to strip of the plastic under tray, and the plastic cover on the right hand side just in front of the drive shaft, this gives you access to the belt tensioner, grill needs to come off, both head lights out and then the front bumper comes off, there's a small plastic shield in front of the alternator that clips out, then its a case of a 17mm socket on to the belt tensioner and dropping the belt off, two bolts hold the alternator on and came out easy , the bottom one will not come all the way out as it fouls the chassis leg, however, the alternator will come out as long as the bolt is as far out as you can get it, theres a slot in the mounting bracket to allow the alternator to pull free, rebuild is the opposite of the stip .. Changing the alternator took me 15m.. Getting acces to it took me a bout a hour