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On 7 Jun 2006 at 22:27, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > I've been helping my son work on his car, and while he was doing some other > work we pulled the engine (makes it easier to change the swing axle boots). We > found that the conversion bushing (6 to 12 volt) was egg shaped where the > starter drive rides. Turns out this bushing is just a brass bushing, which might > explain why it wore so quickly. I had a new regular 12 volt oillite bronze > bushing here, as he bought a new starter as his old one was turning kinda slow and > the bushing came with the starter. I took it and the brass one to work where > my boss opened up the brass one to accept the bronze one ( light press fit so > as not to bind on the starter shaft). I used some red loctite to join the 2 > together, and it seems to be working fine. My question is, do you think this is > an acceptable repair for this, or should he get another brass one? Thanks for > any help on this. Your solution sounds like the best one I've ever heard of. Stick with it. With the light press fit, you probably didn't even need the LocTite. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~