On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:36:49 -0800 (PST), stryped
wrote:

On Dec 1, 9:18Â*am, "Steve W." wrote:
Lew Hartswick wrote:
stryped wrote:

I took that old techmseh apart his weekend. I had a question. It is
electric start and has never worked that I can remember. I could
always hear it spin when we tried to use it and assumed that teeth
were missing on the flywheel. But this wekend when I took it apart,
all the teeth were on both the pinion gear and the flywheel. When I
connected the starter to voltage, it spun. The problem seems to be
that the pinion gear is about half an inch or more from the flywheel
gear and the two never come in contact. Is the pinion gear on the
starter supposed to "move forward" when voltage is supplied to engage
the teeth? What could this problem be?

Check out Â*" Bendix starter" .
It should move axialy when spun up.
Â* Â*...lew...

The common reason for the pinion to stick is dirt/oil. The shaft needs
to be CLEAN. No lube unless it's dry graphite.
Since the motor turns I would disassemble the bendix and clean the shaft
and pinion. Then put it together and test it.

--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York- Hide quoted text -

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I can turn the gear by hand as well as up to engage the flywheel. What
exactly do you mean by "Bendix" Is that the shaft assembly with the
gear on it?
You are not, by chance, spinning it backwards? If a 120 volt starter
that's not an issue. If 12 volts it WILL though you off track.