Bendix electric-brush trick?

As I noted in an earlier message, I have the starter out of my 8N because the bendix would just spin, not engage. Bendix is the original spring type. Drive teeth and flywheel teeth both look OK. Somewhere between finagling the starter out and now, the bendix has gotten engaged/extended (even though I knew enough to try to avoid that problem). I know folks have great success using a wire-brush machine to disengage the drive, but I must be missing something. My wire brush is on a 1725 rpm motor. I'm holding the bendix on a 1/2" shaft. When I hold the drive one way against the brush, it of course just clicks and spins while the spring stands still. When I hold it the other way the whole unit spins without disengaging (fails to close gap between drive and spring). What am I doing wrong? Is 1725 rpm too slow? I'm perhaps being extraordinarily dense, but I just can't get the brush trick to work. Advice?
(I've cleaned the starter shaft, ground, etc., and now would like to try the old parts before ordering new.)
 
I've never actually tried to put them back with my wire wheel.
Any reason not to just put it back in the tractor and try it?
Once the big end is over the ring gear, the rest will fit.
 
I don't believe with all the Ford flathead mechanics on here that no one knows
the simple way to put the bendix back where it is suppose to be...hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmm

Just take the lead out of a pencil, put a piece in each grove under the bendix, spin the
bendix back toward the starter.. It should snap back to where it is suppose to be. If ya
don't get it the first time, try again.

I learned this trick 60 years ago from an old Ford mechanic.
 
How do you get the pencil leak in the right place???

I like the sound of this idea if could understand what exactly to do????

I'm going out and look at a Bendix now.

Zane
 
There is a youtube video showing how to do it with the wire brush.

It will go back in extended. You just have to work a little more. I've done it several times.
 
I probably need a faster wire brush. I gave up and put the starter back in with bendix extended without too much trouble. It still won't engage, so I guess I'll order a new bendix.
 

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