There was a squealing noise that varied with engine speed which I suspected was alternator belt slipping. While adjusting the belt tightness, there seemed more slop in the setup than I thought was right - the alternator was at an angle that bordered on not being right, so ordered new OEM bushings for slide mount and urethane for the alternator. Tightening the belt did not fix the squeal.
So uninstalled the alternator yesterday to replace bushings. The slide mount was only installed with one bushing instead of the 2 and that had caused more play -- the new oem bushings fixed that.
The rubber bushings on the alternator were actually ok, but thought I'd replace anyway. But, I could not get the urethane bushings to go in easily. I was running out of time, so went back to rubber bushings.
As I was about the mount the alternator, I spun the alternator fan and I heard the whine/squeal that I had heard before. Bad bearing?
Byas