I purchased a brand new aftermarket Alternator for my car. It's unbranded but the label of the model number seems to suggest it's a Lucas Electrical alternator.
I have a question for someone who knows about alternators. I unpacked the new alternator and externally looks good build quality. I decided to spin the pulley by hand back and forth which was fine. But at one point there was some sort of resistance when I was spinning it almost like it's getting stuck on something but it wasnt strong resistance as I just gave it a harder spin and it carried on spinning but it was doing this resistance thing for a few spins but then after a few spins it stopped doing it and is freely spinning again. I'm just wondering if this is something to worry about ? Should a brand new alternator have something like this?
I have a question for someone who knows about alternators. I unpacked the new alternator and externally looks good build quality. I decided to spin the pulley by hand back and forth which was fine. But at one point there was some sort of resistance when I was spinning it almost like it's getting stuck on something but it wasnt strong resistance as I just gave it a harder spin and it carried on spinning but it was doing this resistance thing for a few spins but then after a few spins it stopped doing it and is freely spinning again. I'm just wondering if this is something to worry about ? Should a brand new alternator have something like this?