On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:40:37 +0100, Uffe Bærentsen
wrote:

Den 12-02-2013 18:42, skrev:
On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:49:59 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

John B. fired this volley in
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The Bendix system was apparently phased out some 50 years ago and
replaced by an overrunning clutch design.


Do you work on a lot of engines? The Bendix is alive and healthy.

LLoyd
Nope - the genuine "bendix" style drive is pretty well limited to
things like snow-blowers etc with 120 volt starters. Virtually ALL
automotive starters use pre-engage starters with over-running
clutches, Don't know when I last saw an actual Bendix style drive on
an automobile - but it goes back to the seventies at least.

Maybe that is the case with US starters.
However the vast majority of European an Japanese starters today use a
combination of both solenoid/pre-engage and Bendix.

Well, I can't comment on all Japanese cars but certainly the Toyota
sedan I bought new in 1990 did not have a "bendix" nor did the Honda
Civic I bought my wife in '95 nor the current Honda Jazz (probably
"Fit" to you), nor my present 10 year old Isuzu pickup.
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Cheers,

John B.