Alternator bracket bolts 07 Elite 5.7 motor

[beau t 8]

Hey all, 

As i was getting around to draining my boat for the winter i dropped 1 of the blue plugs into the bottom of the boat, while searching for it i found a bolt head and then the plug. The bolt head had me curious so i got looking to figure out what it was from and found 1 of the bolts that goes down to the holding water bulb(??) broke and 1 of the bolts for the alternator broke on the pulley side, the other broke bolt that went to the water bulb also has the alternator bracket under it. I took it apart and got the broke bolts out to replace, so i got online to search and this seems to be a very common problem so when its time to put your boat back into service you may want to give it a glance. From what i read i was 1 of the lucky ones it never left me stranded on the lake so I'm grateful lol.

[Troy. R 198]

Glad you found the issue before it became a problem.