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I bought a set of offset wrenches, but no joy. The offset was too long for the wrench to fit onto the nut and also clear the alternator. What worked for me was a half inch box and on about a 15 degree angle from the shaft. I can see the where the 4-way angle head wrench may actually work much better because you'd be able to come up at the nut from the bottom instead of the side.

So now that the alternator is off, I need to determine what I'm going to do. The original Falcon overall was installed August 29th 2019 according to the logbooks. This would be within their normal warranty claim., but I do not have the receipt because I didn't get it when I bought the airplane. I'm going to reach out to Falcon and see what they will do, but honestly this is not a job you want to do again. If there is a better alternator out there that will not break the bank I would certainly consider it. I know Hartzell has some new alternators that will fit as does Plane Power but they are not inexpensive.