# repair of things: what happened?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repair-of-things-what-happened/68155 "2001-06-09T05:51:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repair-of-things-what-happened/68155/21 "2001-06-10T23:29:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Homer \*  
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> As for your alternator and CV joint going out at the same time, Tuckerfan, I can probably explain that. Your CV joint boot likely split and spewed grease all over the place, including the guts of the alternator, shorting or severly limiting the life of your alternator. I’d bet money on it.
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> –Tim \*\*

Dunno, the CV joint was in rough shape for a long time, but I didn’t have the $ to fix it. So when the alternator finally died, I was grateful that I had waited to fix the CV joint.

I bought the thing used and it was in rough shape, but it ran better than the Lincoln I was driving, so the Lincoln went to the scrap yard and the Honda keeps rolling (with more years and miles on it than the Lincoln had when it went to the scrapper!)

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