This was an amazing how to step by step!! Much better than others who don’t state the socket size or pointing out the obstacles you come across!! Awesome job!! I hope mine isn’t the alternator it might be the battery terminals!!
Just did this myself, never done one before. I set aside a few hours for the job, took about as long, it took a minute to get the old alternator out for some reason. Didn't take anything to slide the new one in. Only thing I was worried about was the belt tension but it came out fine.
Awesome video. I found taking out the battery and plastic plate the battery sits on gives you more room to work with in front. Also dropping that track bar behing the frame lets you take out the alternator from the back of the frame without having to move the cooler. Just a thought. Less hoses to mess with. I made the mistake of swapping positions of the 2 hoses on top. One was the high pressure hose for the transmission fluid. Yeah. That was a fun cleanup.
For some reason these vehicles go through alternators all the time. This was my mother in laws in the video and they just had to have it replaced again about a month ago. But unfortunately they moved out of state so I wasn’t able to replace it for them again but since I posted this video it only lasted a couple years.
Wow excellent video quality, lighting is excellent, but most important the stability and pointing is better than any other channel I have seen in years of using RUclips for repairs - very impressive had to subscribe. PS excellent attention to detail to not break brittle parts. Thanks am likely to need to do this soon, my battery voltage, I think, is too low 12.19 to about 12.6v when at idle and accelerated to 2000 RPM keeps going up and down at any fixed RPM, unfortunately it has left us with a dead battery twice in one and a half months, second time was with a new battery - but still not sure if it was not a stuck relay but it has to be a high current one as it was only off about an hour and then did the click click and the whole thing went dead which it does if the bat voltage is too low. Can’t get it to do this when I am monitoring things.
Thank you I appreciate the positive comments. This was on my mother in-laws infinity and from what you described hers was doing the same exact thing and left her stranded.
You Did an excellent but difficult task. Again Patience is definitely A virtue in this case. Your easy to do Steps gave me the confidence I was doing the job right on my own...it's like you were right in my ear on every turn of my ratchet...lol 😅@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE
Sorry I do not have the torque specs. I didn’t use one because it was just to hard to get a torque wrench in some of those areas. Yes it should be the same or get similar for a 2018 Armada.
I can't get the alternator out of the 2018. There is a control arm in front that makes it impossible to pull out from the front. Any ideas? I tried pulling it out the back but the brake line is in the way. This video otherwise has been a God send. Great work!
@@federalistpatriot so if I can remember correctly it’s bolts the are screwed into a bracket. Just those bolts that hold the bar in place are the ones to remove, once the are removed it will flip down. You don’t have to remove the whole bar
Thanks for the video, we just had both the battery and the alternator changed and within a week I think the new alternator is already gone bad. The lights are dimming and the voltage indicator on the dash is below the Midway point and fluctuating back and forth.
Any idea if it was the IPDM limiting the alternator output? I plan on clipping my pin 33 on the IPDM to sever the connection which should bring voltage to a constant 14v
Jam up job brother. The shops around here want 1500-1800$ not counting the cost of that high dollar alternator. Luckily it wasn't my alternator just a bad break pedal switch.
I have a 2014 infinity qx80 and I can not get the old one out without removing the sway bar, the sway bar is not there in this video. It looks like this vehicle didn't have one in the same location
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This was an amazing how to step by step!! Much better than others who don’t state the socket size or pointing out the obstacles you come across!! Awesome job!! I hope mine isn’t the alternator it might be the battery terminals!!
Absolute bad ass how-to video on swapping out the alternator, good work man thanks!!!
The best video that actually tell you how to do it step by step i thank you so much i just finish my car all your extra details help me so much
Just did this myself, never done one before. I set aside a few hours for the job, took about as long, it took a minute to get the old alternator out for some reason. Didn't take anything to slide the new one in. Only thing I was worried about was the belt tension but it came out fine.
Awesome video. I found taking out the battery and plastic plate the battery sits on gives you more room to work with in front. Also dropping that track bar behing the frame lets you take out the alternator from the back of the frame without having to move the cooler. Just a thought. Less hoses to mess with. I made the mistake of swapping positions of the 2 hoses on top. One was the high pressure hose for the transmission fluid. Yeah. That was a fun cleanup.
I meant in front of the frame. Just give more room. Not necessary but I like having more room. Lol
Thanks for the video!! I replaced the alternator 9 months ago and went bad again, hopefully just a bad alternator lol.
For some reason these vehicles go through alternators all the time. This was my mother in laws in the video and they just had to have it replaced again about a month ago. But unfortunately they moved out of state so I wasn’t able to replace it for them again but since I posted this video it only lasted a couple years.
is a Nissan😀
Wow excellent video quality, lighting is excellent, but most important the stability and pointing is better than any other channel I have seen in years of using RUclips for repairs - very impressive had to subscribe. PS excellent attention to detail to not break brittle parts. Thanks am likely to need to do this soon, my battery voltage, I think, is too low 12.19 to about 12.6v when at idle and accelerated to 2000 RPM keeps going up and down at any fixed RPM, unfortunately it has left us with a dead battery twice in one and a half months, second time was with a new battery - but still not sure if it was not a stuck relay but it has to be a high current one as it was only off about an hour and then did the click click and the whole thing went dead which it does if the bat voltage is too low. Can’t get it to do this when I am monitoring things.
Thank you I appreciate the positive comments. This was on my mother in-laws infinity and from what you described hers was doing the same exact thing and left her stranded.
You Did an excellent but difficult task. Again Patience is definitely A virtue in this case. Your easy to do Steps gave me the confidence I was doing the job right on my own...it's like you were right in my ear on every turn of my ratchet...lol 😅@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE
Great job. I'm doing one on my buddies 2007. I noticed a couple of different things between the two, but I got the jist of it.
Thank you so much man. This video helped me so much!
Good job brother. Very detailed. Excellent job.
The best video ever Thank you sir
That is rediculous of infinti to for it to be that hard and tight fit to get to.
Do these have a battery light indicator on the cluster when the volts get low?
Good job my man thanks for the video👍🏿
Do you know what the bolt torque specs are?and will this process be the same for a 2018 Armada?
Sorry I do not have the torque specs. I didn’t use one because it was just to hard to get a torque wrench in some of those areas. Yes it should be the same or get similar for a 2018 Armada.
I can't get the alternator out of the 2018. There is a control arm in front that makes it impossible to pull out from the front. Any ideas? I tried pulling it out the back but the brake line is in the way. This video otherwise has been a God send. Great work!
@@federalistpatriot unscrew the 4 bolts holding it up to drop the bar and it will come out
@@jamaalbush1658 I don't need to remove the bolts on the control arms on either side?
@@federalistpatriot so if I can remember correctly it’s bolts the are screwed into a bracket. Just those bolts that hold the bar in place are the ones to remove, once the are removed it will flip down. You don’t have to remove the whole bar
Thanks for the video, we just had both the battery and the alternator changed and within a week I think the new alternator is already gone bad.
The lights are dimming and the voltage indicator on the dash is below the Midway point and fluctuating back and forth.
Do you know if it was new or reman alternator?
Nice job! How did you know your alternator was bad?
Did a load test on it and was only pushing out 11-12 volts at 2k rpm
Any idea if it was the IPDM limiting the alternator output? I plan on clipping my pin 33 on the IPDM to sever the connection which should bring voltage to a constant 14v
How long total time to change that out, if you weren’t doing a video of step by step??
I’d say probably about an hour and half or so.
Jam up job brother. The shops around here want 1500-1800$ not counting the cost of that high dollar alternator. Luckily it wasn't my alternator just a bad break pedal switch.
Hi, can you explain what happened with the break pedal switch?
How long did the total job take?
I’d say probably about an hour and half if I wasn’t recording it.
How many belt has the qx 56?
Just 1 belt
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE thank you!
What was the mileage on this vehicle?
109k I believe
Mine is a 2017 and it will not go out that direction. Impossible. I went out the wheel well.
Good to know thanks for the tip.
You have to remove the front sway bar to do this...
No I did not have to remove the sway bar.
I have a 2014 infinity qx80 and I can not get the old one out without removing the sway bar, the sway bar is not there in this video. It looks like this vehicle didn't have one in the same location
Is he under the truck? Not much detail. And it doesn't look like this under my hood.
Good job