How do you install an alternator for a 1999 Toyota Camry?

Answer 1

Alternators are one of the easiest things to replace on any engine. There are a few easy steps. # Locate the alternator. Disconnect any wires that go to the alternator. # Get that belt off of there. Simply get a socket on the belt tensioner, and pull it as far as you can in whichever way it turns. This will take all that tension off the belt, loosening it so you can remove it. ( You might consider buying a new belt, while you're at it. They're normally pretty cheap.) # Remove any bolts that you can see that hold the alternator in place. If you need a reference, look at the new alternator and locate the bolt holes in both that and the old alternator. # Pull the alternator off. # Put the new alternator on, and fasten the bolts. # Now to put the belt back on. You may need more than one person for this. If it has a serpentine belt (one belt for all accessories), locate on the underside of the hood/somewhere in the engine bay the belt routing diagram.Study it carefully. Know where the belt goes, and which way it goes. Now: put that socket and wrench back onto the tensioner. Have a helper hold the tensioner as far as they can get it to give you as much slack as you can get for that belt. Route the belt around the crankshaft first, then onto the other accessories above it. The alternator is the last accessory you put the belt on to. It normally can be easily slipped on, but if you can't get enough slack, you'll just have to wiggle it around. A lot. 7. Re-connect any wires that were connected to the alternator. There you have a brand new, hopefully working, alternator!