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| | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 246 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 246 | My starter drive needs replacement. Is this a difficult job ?
Do I need to take apart the whole starter to get to the drive?
1953 chevy 1/2 ton with 3 speed 318 on floor and 1955 235 engine
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | Stomp start or solenoid-powered? Either way, the nose cone needs to be removed from the starter. You don't necessarily have to do a full teardown, but it might be a good opportunity to check the condition of the brushes and bushings, and replace them if necessary.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 246 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 246 | Jerry, how is the nose cone held on ?
1953 chevy 1/2 ton with 3 speed 318 on floor and 1955 235 engine
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | Two long bolts pass through from the rear plate and screw into the front housing. If you don't want to do a full teardown hold the main starter housing in a vise and carefully unscrew the through-bolts, but leave them in the field frame while you ease the nose cone and drive off the front. The shift lever will remove with the nose cone and take the drive with it. On a 12V starter, the drive splines on the armature are spiral, so the drive gear will rotate a little as it pulls off. If you pull the armature out of the brush assembly you'll need to do a full teardown to get them back into position.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 246 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 246 | Thanks Jerry...The starter would not fit in my vise so I taped the back end on so it would not fall apart when taking the bolts out. ...worked perfectly...
1953 chevy 1/2 ton with 3 speed 318 on floor and 1955 235 engine
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 916 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 916 | This is great information- thanks Jerry. Any idea where to get a new 12V drive gear..? Are the gears different between the solenoid and stomp versions?
~ Dave
1950 Chevrolet 3600 3/4-ton with 261 engine & T5 Transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 402 | Not sure if we have the same type, but I documented my learning process with rebuilding the starter in THIS thread. Got lots of help from Jerry and others in the process. The pics might help you out. I'm guessing this might end up in a different forum soon, though. Best of luck, Jim | | |
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