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Michael A. Terrell Michael A. Terrell is offline
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Default "How does a starter work" question.


Leo Lichtman wrote:

(clip) centrifugal force moves the spring loaded
bendix forward (clip)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Argh! One of my pet peeves is calling something centrifugal force when it
ain't. It is inertia mthat causes the pinion not to rotate while the
starter is coming up to speed. This causes it to screw its way toward the
ring gear.



Are you saying his starter has E/D problems?


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