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Lincoln SA-200 Starter: repair or replace?
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:56:59 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote: On Mar 30, 8:41Â*pm, Ignoramus23509 ignoramus23...@NOSPAM. 23509.invalid wrote: I took the starter off and everything is just what the "smart guys" said: the brushes on it are worn to the nub. Â* Â* Â*http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Linc...00/01-Starter/ In addition, the copper contacts that touch the brushes, are also in a bad condition. ... You could try turning the commutator smooth before giving up on it. Undercut the insulation in the slots between the bars with a hacksaw blade. Bingo. Turning can be on a lathe or on a pair of wooden V-blocks with a wood block and a strip of crocus or emery. They're not too picky. I did that with a lot of generators in me yout. -- The general effect was exactly like a microscopic view of a small detachment of black beetles, in search of a dead rat. -- John Ruskin |
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Lincoln SA-200 Starter: repair or replace?
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:47:53 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:56:59 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins wrote: On Mar 30, 8:41Â*pm, Ignoramus23509 ignoramus23...@NOSPAM. 23509.invalid wrote: I took the starter off and everything is just what the "smart guys" said: the brushes on it are worn to the nub. Â* Â* Â*http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Linc...00/01-Starter/ In addition, the copper contacts that touch the brushes, are also in a bad condition. ... You could try turning the commutator smooth before giving up on it. Undercut the insulation in the slots between the bars with a hacksaw blade. Bingo. Turning can be on a lathe or on a pair of wooden V-blocks with a wood block and a strip of crocus or emery. They're not too picky. I did that with a lot of generators in me yout. If you look at the picture you'd need to be a magician to fix that one withe crocus cloth, or even a lathe!!! |
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