stuck starter

Dave Innerebner · May 18, 2014

Three times now i have had to loosen the starter and jiggle it to get it to engage. Seems after long use it will act as if the battery is dead. there is plenty of juice in the battery, no click to the starter when pushing the starter button. I shake it and tighten it and it starts right up.

Any ideas? I am assuming it needs to be rebuilt?

Dave Innerebner · May 18, 2014

I should've said this is a Farmall H.

504 · May 18, 2014

Replace the bendex(starter drive)with a new one.

gene bender · May 19, 2014

I would pull the starter out and clean the drive with wd-40 check the ring gear on the engine when its out looking for bad teeth.

teddy52food · May 19, 2014

Unless you are saying that it locks up, put in new brushes.

glennster · May 19, 2014

is the thrust washer still in the nose cone of the starter case? it could also be that the bendix is going too far and jamming into the flywheel. you can put a machine washer in there so it doesnt travel so far.

rustyfarmall · May 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:26:57 05/18/14) I should've said this is a Farmall H.

Replace the starter drive. (Bendix)

mkirsch · May 19, 2014

You said "not even a click" though...

If the starter was sticking, it would make one click.

I suspect bad/loose/dirty battery cable connections. Removing the starter and shaking it around reestablishes the connection.

Try taking all your connections apart and cleaning them down to nice bare copper.

Wayne in MN · May 19, 2014

Replace the starter drive with the new, improved style and your problem will go away. BT,DT several times.

rustyfarmall · May 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 07:01:39 05/19/14) You said "not even a click" though...

If the starter was sticking, it would make one click.

I suspect bad/loose/dirty battery cable connections. Removing the starter and shaking it around reestablishes the connection.

Try taking all your connections apart and cleaning them down to nice bare copper.

No, if the starter drive is stuck in the teeth of the flywheel, it will not make even one click. I've been there.

mkirsch · May 19, 2014

It has to click ONCE to get the teeth stuck in the flywheel in the first place.

Janicholson · May 19, 2014

I second this correct solution, Pretty easy to do and it solves the drive jamb issue. Jim

ken house · May 19, 2014

try cleaning anything that could be grounding the starter. you may have a dirty ground. then, i suppose that you have read or will read all the rest.

pay particular attention to the ground cable and it's connections.

Dave Innerebner · May 19, 2014

thanks for the advice, i will let you know what I find. Regarding the ground cable. I remember my grandpa's H freezing up one time. He loosened the starter and tightened it back up, changed the ground cable and it was fine again. My guess is the bendex needs attention.

Len Sameiro · May 27, 2014

Hold starter button and tap feild housing, If starter spins you nuud bushings and sprins for brushes.

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