Jubilee starter. Rebuild or replace??

Not sure but I think it's a 53 Jubilee. Starter sounds like the bearings are giving up and the bendix is not engaging.
My questions are this:

Starter #?
Supplier?
Ballpark costs?
Rebuild v/s Replace?
If rebuild then who?

Thanks
 
This site sells starters so this is a good place to start. Or if you check the yellow pages good chance you will find an alternator/starter rebuild place in your area. Or ask at an auto parts store there likely to know of a place. Plus some auto parts stores can get you starters. I know my local O'Reilly's can get them
 
If mine, I would rebuild it.

Modern aftermarket starters are of much lower quality that OEM designs.

Dean
 
I had TOs from that era and Fords after so I'm not your resident expert. But for general problems common to the beast: You say new
starter and also bearings and the bendix won't engage. Why do you thing the bearings are shot?

Do you have to whack the case with a hammer when trying to start to get the armature to bounce off the case and start rolling over? Is the
bendix and starter shaft it's on all gummed up? If so, clean and lube it. Checked your voltage at the starter during cranking? Check from
the case to the stud where power comes in. I don't know which voltage that tractor runs but if 6v the minimum number is 5v, if 12v it's 10v
between those points.

If you don't get it usually it's battery, cable, solenoid, or connection problems, not the starter. Course it could be time for new brushes.
 
My O'Rileys can get em too. Got number out of stiener catalog. Had to give them the " replaces" number. About 1/2 catalog price.
 
Ah but do you have your O'Reilly's train like I do?? I have been using this O'Reilly's for almost 37 years and many have learned that I come in for the odd and hard stuff to find. No one has worked there as long as I have been coming in. The manager has even had a good talking to, to a few of the workers when they said something like hey this is an auto parts tore not a tractor parts place and well that guy does not work there now and even had to tell me he was sorry
 
Most towns of a certain size have a starter or electrical repair shop for trucks, tractors, industrial users, etc., who know how to test and repair these
old tractor starters. They even keep a few parts on hand and some old starters also for parts if necessary. There's a good one in Richmond, VA: Auto
manufacturers Inc., run by Jeff Duty. They will ship. BTW, I love your name; very apropos for a starter topic.
 

Through a lot of years and 50's starters, mostly GM I've never had one that a new Bendix and brushes and a minor clean up and overhaul wouldn't cure.

Whenever I service them I write the year on them with those last forever paint pens. Bearings of that era were SAE sizing so easy to find. I use 80W90 in an oil can for bearing and bushing cups.

Clean the field poles with steel wool being careful not to fray the fabric wrap on wiring.

Use the bendix shaft in a spinning chuck and emery paper wrapped around a file or flat bar to square up the armature surface if it needs it.

I've always re-cut the stuff between the commutator bars with the back corner of a razor knife blade, or guitar makers fret saw blade. Some say it isn't necessary and maybe so.

I test the commutator bars with two probes and a household electric light plugged into the wall -- an idea that I got from Popular Mechanics or something. So when touching two side by side commutator bars with your probes, the light should not light up.

And yada, yada
 
I have never not rebuilt a starter. Local auto ignition place here in nashville took my locked up no good 861 starter and
amde it new for $65.00
 

That sounds like a good "old school" deal indeed!
I'm wondering that if they had to replace your armature would it still be only $65.

But anyway, the main thing is that you get your original starter back and spare time to work on other things. :)
 

Yep, rebuild the original. Find a good auto electric shop and ask him to clean it well and restore it. Also switch to 12v if necessary.
 
Yep I have to admit my last name does cause some questions sometimes. Amazing how many people don't know what a pinion gear is. Anyhow it is 12v and I have a local O'reilly's but it would be nice to keep the original so I'll try getting it cleaned and relubed first then possibly look at a rebuild. If all fails off to the store I go.
Thanks to all of you for the help and advice
 

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