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Originally Posted by big job
That is correct. You are kinda stuck with that style if memory serves me its
called a "flow thru" something like that back when. Before buying another
nothing to loose - take it apart in a cardboard box so nothing flys away like
springs do. Remove large snap ring on the barrel remove the barrel now you
will see something like a star this is where those little springs and dowels
go into. On the inside of this so called starr is where a spring then a dowel
goes I think there are three springs & dowels. Somehow you gotta hold all
dowels in while turning the whole assy. on the worm shaft. What happened
is that it was turned 'wrong way' past the worm shaft and all the dowels popped out. Not complicated it works by centrifugal force. when engine starts remember ring gear is large and the bendex is small so that bendex is
really whipping thus sucking those dowels "in" back in their little holes. Same
principal as a governor. Hope I explained this understandable. then reassemble good to go....sam
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I believe the term was "Follow Through". They were designed to avoid disengaging whenever the engine would fire once or twice but not catch and stay running. It used to be common to hear a Ford starter turn the engine briefly, then buzz up without turning the engine. So you had to release the starter button and wait for the starter to stop turning, then push the button again-sometimes repeatedly! This new style drive shown here was a vast improvement! If the engine just fired once or twice, the ratchet allowed the drive to over run, but stay engaged until the engine fired and revved fast enough to release those pins and thus disengage.