reklund
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I have the original starter I removed from my 92 F250 to install a DB Electrical. It was working, but cranking real slow. Anybody rebuild them successfully? Should I hold onto it or scrap it?
Ryan
Ryan
Anybody rebuild starters?
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don't throw it away.
bushing and brushes are cheap if you can locate them. Not sure of gear drives but on direct drive a slightly worn bushing slows a starter a considerable amount.
Macrobb
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Get new brushes(<$20) and a new solenoid ($25 on ebay). Disasemble, clean, re-grease moving parts and reassemble. It'll be a practically new starter at that point, assuming npthing is obviously broken inside.
plywood
Recovered N/A
You can totally screw up a starter with grease FYI
79jasper
Chickenhawk
Correct. Iirc, white lithium is recommended.
The crap I bought was right, but a crappy brand I guess. Lol
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onetonjohn
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Is there a good source for quality brushes, bushings, and bearing that we need for this assuming the winding are good? Just curious. I don't know where to go for this type of part.
Macrobb
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Ebay is where I always go.
And for grease... I just used wheel bearing grease. Whatever decent stuff I have around for use in everything.
I don't see why a starter bearing or gears would be any different than a wheel bearing and hub assembly...
And for grease... I just used wheel bearing grease. Whatever decent stuff I have around for use in everything.
I don't see why a starter bearing or gears would be any different than a wheel bearing and hub assembly...
plywood
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Main thing is you don't want enough to migrate onto the armature. Conductive material will collect in the grease in between the contacts and cause a short.
plywood
Recovered N/A
Ask me how I know this right lol.
icanfixall
Official GMM hand model
If you let the smoke out of a starter no need to rebuild it. Smoke means the coils or armature is burned up.
Macrobb
Full Access Member
Check it anyway, though. It's possible to get smoke and flames out of the solenoid, and that's not counting smoke from all the oil deposited on the starter from years of (ab)use.
Just have to figure out how to repack the smoke.
ReticulateSplines
Registered User
I went back and forth on this after I removed mine. I had a seriously fried hot lead on the starter and figured if things got hot enough to make that happen, it could not have been good for the internals. I returned it for the core charge, which I used to replace the bad part on a vehicle I am flipping - payout of $2k on a starter I can live with that!
