Don't you have an adapter plate that your starter is mounted to? The close tolerance of some of those plates can make your starter more difficult to get out. You'll need to pry or give it a whack with a large rubber or dead blow hammer to loosen it up. Just be careful as it can drop suddenly. Bill On Aug 3, 2012, at 5:27 PM, David Bjorkman u<ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > Hi Volks; > The starter in my parts bus (84.5 WBX) is giving me a hard time about coming out for a rebuild. I removed the 2 bolts and the 2 wires and it won't budge. Am I missing something or do I just need to give it a few good whacks (what I am currently doing with the bus that's running to make the starter operate). > > Dave B. |
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