Bench Testing: Brushes
- On Accent, Elantra, Santa Fe 2.4L and Tiburon, replace brushes if worn to limit line. See Fig 1. On Santa Fe 2.7L, Sonata and XG300, measure length of brush protrusion out of brush holder. Replace brush if protrusion is 0.8" (2.0 mm) or less. On all models, replace all brush springs if any springs are damaged or corroded.
- To remove brushes from holder, On 2.7L, the lower alternator mounting bolt on some models may have to be removed from the backside of the alternator. To remove the bolt it may be necessary to remove the axle halfshaft. pigtail from terminal. On Accent, Elantra, Santa Fe 2.4L and Tiburon, to replace, install brush and spring so that space between limit line and brush holder end is 0.079-0.118" (2.0-3.0 mm), and solder pigtail to brush holder. On Santa Fe 2.7L, Sonata and XG300, install brush into brush holder and solder pigtail to brush holder.
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