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On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 12:10, Jim Adney wrote: > I've never had any luck at all trying to inspect those bushings by sight. > They're just in there so deep and recessed and dark that they always look fine > to me. The one that I replaced that turned out to be worn to a C looked okay to > me.... I was conpletely surprised to find it worn out when I pulled it. > > BTW, if you buy a rebuilt starter from Bosch, it will come with a replacement > bushing and a note stating that the Bosch warrantee is only valid if the > bushing is replaced along with the starter. Some parts stores have been know to untie the bushing from the starter, and then try to sell it to you extra. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~