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Recocking a 6v starter

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Richard from SE

04-28-2005 23:12:17




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Can someone out there in tractordom please tell me how to get my 6v 2n ford tractor starters drive gear back out, I think it is called recocked, where it is supposed to be so I can put the darn thing back in????? ?




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MarkB_MI

04-29-2005 03:12:40




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 Re: Recocking a 6v starter in reply to Richard from SE AZ, 04-28-2005 23:12:17  
Ignore the wisecracker below. Obviously he knows nothing about Ford starters. There is no way to disassemble the drive and turn it back. Nor is there any need to do so.

Everybody does this once. If you can reinstall the starter, do so. The first time you start the engine, the drive will spin back to the disengaged position.

Another method which was posted on the Ford board is to spin the drive gear using a wire wheel. I have not tried this and I don't recommend doing it unless you can't get the starter reinstalled with the drive in the engaged position.

This last method will always work: buy a new drive; they cost about 50 bucks.

This question regularly pops up on the Ford board, so don't consider yourself alone.

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Model_T

04-29-2005 07:37:01




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 Re: Recocking a 6v starter in reply to MarkB_MI, 04-29-2005 03:12:40  
Spin just the gear to make it ratchet on a wire brush and it will snap back. Nothing to it. Billy



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john in nebraska

04-30-2005 20:29:40




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 Re: Recocking a 6v starter in reply to Model_T, 04-29-2005 07:37:01  
when I started as a Ford mechanic, occasionally we"d get an older truck with this type starter, naturally I spun out the starter drive, and no way would it go back into the mounting with it in the out position, the senior mechanic in the shop had me remove it from the armature shaft, put it on a steel rod, and spin it on the wire wheel, when it hits a certain RPM, overrev, it will Snap, and retract. won"t hurt a thing, keep your fingers clear!

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Keith-OR

04-30-2005 22:12:49




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 Re: Recocking a 6v starter in reply to john in nebraska, 04-30-2005 20:29:40  
I can't believe that all these Ford mechanics don't know the simple way to get bendix drive back to the proper position. 1. Get a lead pencil. split it and remove the lead core. Save the lead core as that is what is needed to repair your starter.
2. take your starter turn the bendix as far towards the starter as you can. Turn the starter around untill you see where the spiro has an interruped on it. THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT A PIECE OF LEAD FROM THE PENCIL. Then you turn the gear quickly towards the end spring. If this does not work the first time do it again. I learned this from a Master Mechanic when I was young and working on the old flat head Ford engines.
HTH...Keith

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who knows

04-29-2005 01:26:51




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 Re: Recocking a 6v starter in reply to Richard from SE AZ, 04-28-2005 23:12:17  
Tear it apart. study it and then reassemble it the right way. then dont play with it any more.



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