Unpopular opinion: a $20 pick and pull alternator held up better than the reman I paid $140 for

Oliver Bailey · 2026-10-30T22:30:04.370362+00:00

Pulled an alternator off a wrecked 2003 Civic at the Pull-A-Part in Louisville back in April for 20 bucks, cleaned the contacts, and it's still charging fine while the reman I bought from the parts store lasted 7 months before it started whining. I think the junkyard OEM stuff is just built better than the cheap rebuilds, even if it's got 150k miles on it. Does anyone else trust old OEM parts over new remans, or did I just get lucky?

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