So the trailer gear alternator bracket I bought to mount the gm alternator snapped at the weld (seems to be common with them smh). It then burnt up the alternator belt and snapped it and almost I overheated. Got a taxi to auto zone and back, limped home on a cheap belt.

I Fab'd up a brace for the alternator bracket.. after getting everything bolted back together the alternator has this whirring / whining noise now (see below), does anyone know exactly what it is? Do I just need to take the alternator apart and clean it, rebuild it, is it toast? I've done a couple tests with the multi meter, although I'm an amateur with it, everything seemed OK except it measured .030 or something AC volts.. I was told it should be 0. I've driven it to town and back with no issues, but the noise is pretty loud in the driveway and drive thru..

Here's what it sounds like

https://youtu.be/TkpqsB3cdaE

 

Well I JB Weld'd the Trail Gear bracket where it broke (at the weld) and it held up for a few weeks, now it just broke AGAIN but in a DIFFERENT place! Right in the center of the half inch 'steel' plate! What a piece of ****!

I emailed Trail Gear the first time it broke and they never replied! Just emailed them again let's see if they do now? SMH

I looked around on some threads and someone said there was a person on the forums selling the exact same bracket before Trail Gear was selling it and their company was called.... drum roll... TINBENDERS! Explains a lot! 😁😂