RE: switching battery terminals (was Bolt loosening (was

[Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>]

On Thursday, December 07, 2000 8:10 AM, Rex Burkheimer [SMTP:rex@txol.net] 
wrote:
>
> Reverse the battery terminals?     j/k

Most starters turn the same way, regardless of polarity.  This is because they 
use wound fields, instead of permanent magnets.  Most also have overrunning 
(one-way) clutches that will let them transmit force only one way (to keep the 
engine from spinning the starter when it fires off).

Randall