Starter on 1944 H

Jim Paterson · Apr 28, 2013

I am reassembling everything on my tractor rebuild. When I turn the engine by hand, I can hear the starter also turning, meaning that the small gear on the starter is engaged with the flywheel. Is this normal? What should I look out for?

hoof print · Apr 28, 2013

Are you sure it is the starter? You should hear the magneto (if its equiped wih one) snapping as you turn.

The starter drive may well be the old style, and if it is it could be jammed I the ring gear.

mkirsch · Apr 28, 2013

Take the dust cover off the brush end of the starter and see if it's actually turning over when you turn the engine.

If it does, then it needs to come off. The starter drive gear should spin back and forth on the shaft easily, and retract towards the motor by spring pressure.

Don't "lube it up" because lube just attracts dirt and crud and makes things worse. Clean and dry is better than slobbered up.

Since you'd have it apart, it would make sense to just replace the whole drive end.

teddy52food · Apr 28, 2013

It may be dirty & hung up. It should kick back out when the engine fires up. How long ago was it used?

Owen Aaland · Apr 28, 2013

(quoted from post at 07:13:00 04/28/13) I am reassembling everything on my tractor rebuild. When I turn the engine by hand, I can hear the starter also turning, meaning that the small gear on the starter is engaged with the flywheel. Is this normal? What should I look out for?

If the engine has been cranked without starting the drive will remain engaged with the flywheel ring gear. That style starter depends on the flywheel turning the starter drive faster than the starter is turning to disengage the gears and return the drive to it's normal position.

Starter on 1944 H

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