Re: How many spacers on starter armiture (Farmall

Posted by Old_Farmall_560 on March 21, 2005 at 16:32:41 from (216.167.149.21):

In Reply to: Re: How many spacers on starter armiture (Farmall posted by P Backus on March 12, 2005 at 19:48:50:

Hi again Paul,

Well it's been a long hard trip to the solution but I finally have it. Before installing the new starter drive, I decided to try some other things first. First I checked the old solenoid and found that it too had continuity between the "S" terminal and the wire going into the starter. Frustrated I decided to again try to operate the starter by just sitting it up on the tractor (uninstalled). As before it worked perfectly, spinning when the starter button was pushed and stopping when the button was released. Next I decided to see if the armature washers thing would work since the starter seemed to be missing spacer washers since it had been rebuilt. I found some washers that perfectly fit the armature shaft and added them to the engine-end of the starter armature shaft. I actually added a very thin washer on the outside (engine-side), then added the normal washer with the spring clamp in the middle, and then a washer of normal thickness on the inside toward the starter drive gear. I then reinstalled the starter and wires, said a little prayer, and great balls of fire, the starter worked as if nothing had ever been wrong! It seems that the lack of sufficient spacers on the end of the armature was allowing the starter drive to move too far forward into the ring gear. I cannot explain why shimmng the starter before did not work, or why the starter worked when I first got it back from the rebuilder then quit right after I reinstalled the head. Were it a Ford I would say that it is just fooling around with me. Me and Fords always go round and round on simple stuff.

I only have a few things to button up on the old tractor, but the 560 is running again. I've still got some final lifter adjustments to make but this should be no problem.

I sort of doubt anyone else will ever experience this wierd starter problem, but if so, there it is. Whew!

Ron

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