Re: They do lock!!!

Posted by John *.?-!.* cub owner on August 30, 2004 at 06:52:55 from (208.54.220.24):

In Reply to: They do lock!!! posted by Michael Soldan on August 29, 2004 at 18:42:08:

The starter locks when the gears of the bendix (starter drive) and the ring gear on the flywheel hit end to end and lock rather than engaging. It usually slowly gets worse over time. It is caused by the bendix teeth or the flywheel teeth becoming blunt on the end. If you are lucky replacing the bendix will fix, or at least help it. If not lucky the teeth on the ring gear have become blunt and the ring gear will need to be rotated or replaced. If you don't want to replace it, you can reshape the teeth with a file (slow but but cna be done) or with a Dremel equipped with a right angle head working through the starter mounting hole. Note the teeth will be blunted in 2 places on the ring gear 180 degrees from each other, since this is where the engine tends to stop. Also the starter is easier to free if you just loosen the bolts a little when rocking the tractor.

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