<VV> Maybe the starter.

[FrankDuVal]

I have rebuilt many a starter, and not just on Corvairs. Lots of GM types.

Brushes and bushings easy. Next is replacing the drive. Sometimes the 
yoke/lever needs replacing, sometimes just reversing it, /IF/ it is 
symmetrical.

The nose also gets cracked, easy to see, and replaced. Another reason I 
pick up used starters for Corvairs when I see them going in the trash!

I count the solenoid as a separate repair than the starter..... I had a 
Delco distributor in town who carried the big terminals! Of course the 
first time you open the solenoid, you just turn the terminals around to 
the good spots.

Frank DuVal

On 8/8/2020 5:22 PM, tony.. via VirtualVairs wrote:
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> On 8/8/2020 12:16 AM, H Smith via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> I am surprised that more of you haven’t experienced the worn bushings 
>> and dragging starter syndrome. 
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>
> I'm not surprised. Most of the people I knew who had the issues just 
> replaced the starter and went on.  Most wouldn't bother to pull the 
> starter apart to see what caused the troubles.  Or, they just lived 
> with it, blaming the troubles on this or that or the other.
>
> Myself, I'm cheap.  I chose to fix the starter rather than buy 
> another. I also used to buy up used starters for cheap at shows when 
> I'd spot one here or there, so I have parts on hand. And yeah as 
> mentioned I've seen starters that showed obvious contact between pole 
> pieces and the armature and they invariably had loose/worn bushings.
>
> My '60 has a fresh starter on it that I just went through, clean and 
> lube since it was new old stock, and swapped out the nose (the '60 
> model cars used a different starter than the rest) and it cranks the 
> same no matter what temperature the engine happens to be, hot or cold.
>
> This does NOT address the struggling cranking of an engine that's been 
> overheated and still hot.
>
> That's hot as in too damned hot.
>
> tony..
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