Re: [T3] Starter troubles.

[fess <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org>]

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On Aug 21, 2005, at 7:56 PM, fess wrote:

> I've gone back and picked up the bushing,

Finally got a moment, I popped the starter back out, and put the 
bushing in,
following Russ' no VW tool trick.

Thanks,   I feel less irresponsible now. :-)

On Aug 15, 2005, at 8:42 PM, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> You can pull the bushing with a I believe a 3/8-16 tap. Maybe it is a
> 7/16 tap. just slightly bigger than the ID of the bushing. Just start
> tapping, and when the tap hist bottom, keep going, and it will pull the
> bushing right out. For driving the bushing, find a long bolt that will
> just fit into the bushing, and screw a nut on just slightly less than
> the bushing depth. Drive on the head of the bolt.
> 6V bushings, I believe it is 10mm, which means you can use the bolt and
> nut that you took out to get the starter out.

I used a 7/16" tap, and it grabbed a little bit, but stripped out, 
couldn't pull the bushing out.
so I switched to a 12mm tap. This did the trick.

I used a 7/16" bolt to drive the new bushing in. It just fit into the 
bushing, so it makes sense that the 7/16" tap wasn't big enough.

The bushing actually seemed out of round in it's cross-section [ like 
it was a tube sliced with a curved knife. ] so it probably needed 
replacing. Although it's hard to say.  After having run a tap through 
it, it definitely needed replacing. :)

Thanks again list. [ Russ and Jim ]

--fess

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