hello,

i disassembled my starter today because it wont turn the motor anymore. and thats what i found in there...




could it be the "release bearing" (dont know the word )

thanks,
nebu

 

It used to be the Bendix. (also known as starter drive)

Just get another starter.

 

thx but what happened to the rest of this starter drive?

 

Hard to say....

Go compare what's left of your starter, to the one you're about to buy; and see what's different. Maybe some of it's still stuck to the starter. Maybe some of it fell out on the ground somewhere. I can't see it quite well enough from here to tell any of that. All I can tell is, your Bendix came to pieces.

 

here are some pics of the starter.





so what is this bendix?cant see any damage done to the starter.

nebu.

 

It is the piece with the teeth on the end that slides along the motor shaft.

The ball bearings came out of the wide silver-colored ring that's right next to the teeth. That's a one-way clutch system, that's supposed to connect the teeth to the shaft, but allow it to spin faster than the shaft if necessary (like when the engine starts running but the starter is still engaged). No doubt you can just grab the teeth part and just spin it in either direction now, with little or no resistance.

 

ah cool, thx but how did the ball bearings came out of this silver ring with no damage to it?

nebu.

 

The backside doesn't look undamaged, from what little can be seen in your photo.

One side gets pushed over, the guts fall out, then it re-centers.