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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by johnjzjz
The brush area shows you it was working very hard to do the job

as race said timing to advanced - chain too tight - low amp battery - will do that as well
By the look of that armature... at least a few times in Service with a Poor Battery!!!!
 
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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 07:53 PM
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He did say he is over the top cheap
 
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Old Nov 9, 2022 | 07:56 PM
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It's the Hitachi starter from the looks, not worth the fuq around playing with it, just replace it, do the battery cables and clean the frame ground points and get on down the road. Solenoid is probably arced out on the contacts at this point too, make it a package for peace of mind.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2022 | 04:03 PM
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Ok, small update.

Got the new/old/rebuilt armature. It was an exact replacement. Armature already turned down, I simply ran a razer between the copper to clean it up. Put starter together ran a short test and it runs great. The starter wasn't under any load, so will be hard to tell until I install it. But it works.

I also have a brand new solenoid.

Soooooo, unfortunately I'm leaving town till after TDAY, so no time to install and test. Will post update after the holiday.




 
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Great picture of New Starter gear/armature!!! NOT
 
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