Re: Starter Mechanism
I just competed a rebuild of my starter. I put the 12 volt field windings in it a couple of weeks ago but at that time I did not have the parts to rebuild the Bendix or new brushes. I put the new brushes in and put a modern Bendix in. I found a broken starter drive sleeve like the one that broke in Doug's starter, who started this discussion. I have been careful to retard the spark on starting but the starter was operated on 12 volts with the 6 volt field windings for a while before I got the car. I know the starter drive sleeve can break in a stock 6 volt system but I think that running a 6 volt starter on 12 volts will exacerbate the problem.
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