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| | | | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 264 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 264 | 1953 1/2 ton with a 261 using a rebuilt foot starter on a 12 volt sys. Normally starts fine but today i stopped at the store and when i came out and tried to start it the foot pedal felt funny like it was not up as high as normal. Luckily i had some tools and started checking things out. I finally took the starter off and I could tell was in a bind and when i put it back on it started right up like normal. It's done this before but it's rare. Any ideas what the problem might be | | | | | Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 | A worn out drive gear, drive gear bushing, and/or starter return spring can cause 'binds.'
You'll just have to disconnect the battery & fiddle with it some so you can observe it happening. Make sure the starter is fully seated & torqued to the bellhousing.
"Not up as high as normal" means it didn't fully retract/return.
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Wrench Fetcher, PhD | | | | | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 264 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 264 | What about shims. do these old starter ever need them
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 | What about shims. do these old starter ever need them Sometimes. I only have experience having to use a shim on a starter at initial installation; not after it had been on an engine for a while. Shims would come after doing some other investigations- if they were even needed. You said when you removed the starter & put it back on it started right up like normal. You said it (bind) rarely happens. Were the starter bolts tight/torqued when you removed them? Brad
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