I agree, The one way clutch for the starter gear is bad. It may have been contaminated with oil. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:37 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Vanagon starter final drive issues? For those of you experienced with the internals of the vanagon starter: When doing my engine conversion, I had my 1990 Westy starter rebuilt. In the year the project languished, the starter lay unused, and the rebuilder retired. Increasingly, (about 50% of the time) the starter spins up, but does not engage the flywheel. Naturally it never did this before the rebuild. I removed it once, and took it in to another bosch shop. They bench tested and gave it back declaring it fit for service (they didn't energize it more than once I would guess). So before I remove it again and bring it in, any thoughts? My guess is that despite being freshly rebuilt, I now have a bad final drive. |
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