Hi Ken,
You said in your post "pushing out". As I understand it, which of course
doesn't mean its right, the older bullet nose starter pushed out, the newer
starter actually pulled in, that is the bendix is on the far side of the
flywheel and it comes towards the front of the car when engaging.
I also was under the impression that the new gear reduction starters are not
available for the bullet nose set-up, all of which makes me wonder if you
have a compatible ring gear/starter set. The way to check is to look at the
teeth on the ring gear and see which way the bevel goes, or feel around to
see if there are any bolts holding the ring gear onto teh flywheel. The
older style is held on by compression.
Hope it helps,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Gano <triumphs@mcleodusa.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@q1.net>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 8:15 PM
Subject: Lost in the starter zone again
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> This one really has me stumped.
>
> For the first hundred or so revolutions, the new starter worked like a
> champ. Now, every time it engages, it's like it locks. Putting the hand
> crank to it and you can hear it "pop" free, and maybe one time in ten it
> will engage and turn over the engine. The starter motor is fine (at least
> it works right on the bench) and I can see no evidence on the teeth that
> anything is being damaged.
>
> My first two guesses were that it was pushing out so hard and fast that it
> was not engaging the ring gear teeth but rather binding on the face or
that
> it was going out to far and somehow getting bound up with the ring gear.
I
> tried shimming the starter farer from the mounting on the chance it was
the
> second, but that didn't help. It's not practical, without major
machining,
> to move the motor the other way.
>
> I thought also about the battery, but it's freshly charged and you can
hear
> and feel a definite release inside the starter motor when you wiggle it by
> hand. I'm almost sure it's a gear engagement problem.
>
> I should mention that it's a gear reduction starter motor sold by one of
the
> respected suppliers on this list. (TR3A)
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Gano
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