<VV> I'm thinking maybe the starter motor...

[Jay Maechtlen]

On 8/6/2020 3:41 PM, Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Jim is correct.  Worn bushings will really make a starter weak.  I've never seen any worn enough to make the armature drag though.

I have. Not a Corvair, but a stern drive boat - we were jumping the boat 
with an extra battery to get it to start.

I finally pulled the starter, and there were clearly drag marks on the 
armature where it was dragging against the field poles.

I wound a strip of beer can aluminum into the bushing, greased it up, 
and it worked great!


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Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans