Firstly, Steph's bracket had a very shallow dog-leg in it, as though the upper and lower alternator bolts should be offset, by maybe 1cm. None of the photos/diagrams I found showed this dog-leg, and since my mounting bolts seemed not to be offset, I went ahead and straightened the bracket in my vice (and now I've probably introduced a weak spot that will mean it'll fracture the same way my old one did!). So the first question is "should there be a dog-leg/offset in this bracket, or should it be flat?"
Secondly, Steph's bracket is 2cm longer than mine. And in fact, I think this was the gist of the post that I couldn't find before - I seem to remember the OP saying he'd not been able to buy a replacement of the right length. In my case, the alternator belt has been on a few months and has stretched a bit from new, so the longer bracket is OK at the moment. On my old bracket the upper bolt was just over half way along the slot (just above the fracture), but on this new bracket it's towards the bottom. I'm pretty sure a new belt might just be too short for this longer bracket. So second question - why this difference in lengths?
Keith - if you're still up for making some replacements, I'd buy one of the shorter ones from you, just to be sure that I'll be able to get a brand new belt on when the time comes. In fact, if we can establish which length it is that Classic sells, maybe there's a bit of demand for the other length.
