blu_fuz
New Member Classroom vulture
yes.. it could work.. he would just need a bolt the same size as the origanal stud or whatever helicoil kit he got. the only diff between a bolt and a stud with a nut is one is a one piece and the other is two pieces... he would just have to thread the power wire onto the bolt before screwing it in. remember... helicoil procedure.. DRILL OUT WHAT'S STILL THERE! the stud would be gone and a bolt COULD take it's place...
No, it can not work. You have to pull the alternator and open it to remove the broken stud. If you do not there will be a piece that falls into the alternator and will cause it to fail. It is not a simple drill & helicoil in this case. You need to open one of these units before saying it can be done that way.
For instance, if you drill out the post from the alternator shown below, what is left? The nut that was holding the post on the inside of the alt would now be floating around loose in the case of the alternator causing catastrophic failure and you would have done all that work for nothing....