> > > I do know that any automotive starter can be rebuilt, and rewound by a > starter specialty shop here for $125.00 to my specifications. > And that's gives me a totally remanufactured starter. > Bushings, windings, cut / replaced commutator, brushes, solinoid ( if > required) gear drive. > Not just looked at and "rebuilt."
Fancy that! I'll have to ask our motor rebuilder if he does starters or can recommend someone who does. The stuff you buy at the "Zone" or most any over the counter purveyor > of starter's is only rebuilt by replacing what the minority worker's > sitting at a bench all day, in a mass production rat hole see is bad. > They do not growl the armature,or turn the commutator. > How do you know what Bosch does, or doesn't Do? > You been at the rebuilding plant and checked them out? > > Just cuious. > > Don't take my word for it, check out their web site. They detail EXACTLY what they do in "remanufacturing" starters: <http://www.boschusa.com/AutoParts/AlternatorsStarters/RemanStarters/> commutator is machined if it's out of round, but beyond testing it, that's all they do with the armature. They're a bulk rebuilder with the typical "part swapper" assembly line. They supply places like AutoZone and Pep Boys with adequate rebuilts. Like you say, rewinding is a dying art. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon "Keine Bange, wir holen die Zange!" |
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