Reply To: Magna-pull starter

[billw]

I tried peening over the shaft a little at a time. The lock out mechanism did start to move properly but by the time that happened, there was enough overall friction in the starter that the spring would no longer recoil it smoothly. In fact, when I turned the stater upright, to it’s operating position, it would barely recoil at all. I checked how much spring wind I had left when the recoil was fully extended and the answer was ZERO. So, scab picker that I am, I took it apart. I decided to split the collar and save the shaft. There is a lot going on there, that you can’t see until it all comes apart, like the wave washer shown in the picture. You can see some remaining corrosion on the shaft, that I can now clean up. I am thinking that if I get the pulley itself to turn virtually friction-less, then when I peen the new collar, I won’t need so much friction on IT, to make it function.

Long live American manufacturing!