lfm614@aol.com wrote:
> If the starter is not getting full power either from a weak battery or bad
>connection the actuator/gear might not be going in all the way and grazing the
>ring gear. Easy to check with a VOM at the starter.
>
>
I could buy that but for the construction of this type of starter. It
doesn't use a centrifugal Bendix-type arrangement to throw the pinion
into mesh with the ring gear, nor does it have a solenoid and lever fork
to move the pinion--either of those might not fully engage with a weak
battery or high resistance in the starter primary or secondary circuits.
These, on the other hand, use a pinion on a plunger operated by a
solenoid, with the solenoid designed not to switch battery power to the
starter windings until the pinion is fully extended. If it were just a
matter of low battery power or high resistance (enough to prevent full
engagement), the starter would not turn over, either.
Cheers.
--
Michael Porter
Roswell, NM
Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
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