Starter brush install

Bob in Tennessee · Feb 26, 2015

Anyone have a better way to install new brushes on
a starter than hold one at a time down with a
screwdriver and painstakenly slide over armature.
Just wondering?

Dell (WA) · Feb 26, 2015

Bob........I use the curlie-que spring to hold the side of the brush up outta the way when I install the armature. After installation, I push down on the top of the brush and the curlie-que spring slips right on top of the brush. Simple, eh? .......HTH, Dell

Jimmy/N.Alabama · Feb 26, 2015

I have always been able to pull the brushes back and slide the spring to the side to hold them up. Slide the end plate up until the brushes are partially over the armature then carefully one at a time push the brushes down to the armature and slide the springs back over the top to put down pressure back on the brushes. Then push the end plate back up to close up the starter. May be a little hard to explain but it has always worked for me.

HCooke · Feb 26, 2015

Here is a photo, courtesy of John Smith, which shows what the other posters are telling you.

Bob in Tennessee · Feb 27, 2015

Thanks fella's!Just what I needed!
Bob

JEK1 · Feb 27, 2015

Oh man!

I have always wired the brush back with wire, assemble armature, then pull the wires out.

Learn something everyday,

Thanks HCooke

flembo · Feb 28, 2015

H Cook this picture is confusing me it has been a few yrs. since I replaced the brushes in my 8n starter but as I remember there were 4 brushes and I thought they were in the housing. I bought a miny butane torch from HF. to solder the two large wires in place the other two screwed in. There must be different models.

tractorguy2 · Mar 1, 2015

That's a generator plate in the photo. Same method will work on both gens and starters.

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