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Starter Rebuild

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A few weeks ago my GS died on me and it turned out the starter motor was jammed. I took it apart and got it running again but a friend recommended getting a replacement motor because my current one will eventually die for good. Is there anything I can do to extend the life of my current starter? Any rebuild guides out there for them?
 
Hi,

There's not much to rebuilding a starter motor. You take it apart, clean it up, install new brushes, put it back together. That's about it. You'll find a few pictures in THIS THREAD. (I used the search feature.) ;)

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Redman said:
How was the starter motor jammed? Internally?
Or the starter clutch?

DOnt know about rebuild guides, but Can find rebuild kits on Stockers site.
http://www.stockers.com/

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Just internally I guess. It wouldn't even spin when connected to a car battery at first, so I took it apart and put it back together and it started working. Found a kit for a reasonable price here, so thanks for that.
 
BassCliff said:
Hi,

There's not much to rebuilding a starter motor. You take it apart, clean it up, install new brushes, put it back together. That's about it. You'll find a few pictures in THIS THREAD. (I used the search feature.) ;)

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
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Thank you BassCliff, the pictures will be extremely useful when I rebuild my starter.
 
BassCliff said:
Hi,

There's not much to rebuilding a starter motor. You take it apart, clean it up, install new brushes, put it back together. That's about it. You'll find a few pictures in THIS THREAD. (I used the search feature.) ;)

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
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There is one thing to watch for.....match marks on the cap and the housing.

They should align when the starter cap is reinstalled.
 
paulorv said:
..... Found a kit for a reasonable price here, so thanks for that.
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You say you had starter out and apart. So apparently you found you had a two brush starter (Denso).



Mine was a 4 brush (Mitsuba ).



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Aside from taking apart and cleaning up and replacing the brushes, you will also want to clean up the commutator bars.
I put the rotor in drill chuck to spinn it and dressed up the comutator with emery cloth on a paint stirrer stick (any flat thing will do). Carefull not to nick the winding wires.
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