? ? Sent:?Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 6:35 PM From:?"Robert Pesak via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> To:?krnet at list.krnet.org Cc:?"Robert Pesak" <rkpsk1 at att.net> Subject:?KR> Starter replacement
I have replaced my starter on my engine with only 74 hours. The clutch Drive Unit started to go bad I didn't want to take any chances and what they wanted for the rebuild that unit I bought a new skytec starter. The reason I went with a skytech is just what Jeff had mentioned I didn't want to go through the trouble of plugging that barring hole with the skytec starter you don't have ?to plug the bearing hole. ------------------ Just as a point of clarification, the old key start type starters had a bearing mounted inside the case that had to be removed to install most other starter replacements. Sometimes in the process of pulling that bearing, the bearing needles can escape. I've seen the needle get sucked up into the oil pump and trash the accessory case. Skytech has a starter model that has a nose piece that fits into the bearing, so you don't have to remove it. The even older Delco starters (like I had), identified by the pull cable to engage the starter has the starter pinion gear riding on a shaft that is clamped between the two case halves. To install any other type of replacement starter, you have to go into the back of the accessory case with a die grinder and cut off the 1/2" steel pinion shaft. It throws a lot of abrasive contaminants and metal throughout the accessory case in the process, so it takes a lot of careful cleaning before you decide to fill the sump with oil and fire it up again. The screen and filter will capture the contaminants, but the oil pump is susceptible to damage if it ingests this stuff. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM
