Yer right, when this stuff happens it's hard to rationalize the word, 'joy'
And yes it's getting harder to further justify the hassle when yer in yer 70s. But my nature is to persevere.
Anyway, around here
new "specialty" starters are in the $C600+ range. Chinese rebuilds or knockoffs, half that!
And there's no guarantee that a new starter is gonna take care of the problem when I have yet to determine the cause of it.
I'm now quite sure that I've rebuilt this starter correctly -- everything seems to match ..and works together.
Whether it's the correct starter for this truck, that's yet to be discovered, huh.
Maybe the previous owner had that same problem and tried to adapt the starter guts to make it work. And it kinda did until it didn't -- who knows.
So, the previous pinion gear on the "mystery armature" was definitely smaller (almost more delicate) ..maybe you can see the comparison with the 5th posting pics?
The diameter on that shaft and this current one is: 11.86 mm (.467 in)
Ok. Even just for my own satisfaction I'll attempt to crawl under and complete your instructions to confirm tooth count.
I'll also see if I can view up into the starter area for pinion gear contact
Btw, this engine was a rebuilt '57 235 and again ran for eons, all at 6 volt.
