[T3] [T3]brushless starter?

[Brian Schlepp <bschlepp@thermoformingsystems.com>]

Jim Adney wrote:
Brushless starters? Really? How do they do this?
DC motors all have brushes. The only way around this is to convert the
DC to 
AC and then use an AC motor, which can be brushless. This works nicely
for 
little motors like the so-called Brushless-DC computer fan motors,
where the 
power is minimal and the electronics to do the DC-AC can be small and 
cheap, but a starter motor carries major current. This could certainly
be 
done, but the electronics alone would cost more than $150.

Ahhhh...there is the evidence of my lack of electrial/electronic
knowledge again.  Maybe permanent magnet?
I bought one last night.  I will try it.  They are quite a bit
lighter, and there is no spot to check brushes.  These are also new
units, as Bosch is no longer rebuilding the old ones.  But, I am
keeping my old one, as there was no core charge anyway.
Anybody got any tricks for getting the old bronze bushing out of the
tranny?

Brian Schlepp
69 Fasty - "Purple Passion"

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