starter question

[Water Pig]

my starter seems to drag and makes a lot of noise. does this look correct? and as soon as I remember how to insert the picture it will help
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[Royse]

If you email me the picture, I'll post it for you.
Obviously your starter shouldn't drag or make too much noise.
Dragging sounds can be caused by bad connections though.
Is this a newly acquired tractor or a recent development on one you've owned?

 

[Water Pig]

since I posted I did some checking. I took the starter off and tested it off of the tractor. the starter barely spins. a more important finding was the bushing at the drive side was fractured. it was also out of position. I will send the email to you. Thanks. I think at this point I might have to buy another starter.

 

[Royse]

If yours is an original starter, I would lean towards having it
rebuilt as opposed to buying a replacement. Granted, it may be
more time and the cost may be a wash, but the quality is better.

 

[Water Pig]

 

[Water Pig]

Now I'm cooking with gas. so the bushing is cracked. I took the starter apart and drove the bushing back in where it should be. put the starter back together and it will spin but very slowly. I will admit I was using a battery charger to power it so that probably had some effect. however the starter shaft is loose due to the bushing damage and the end plate has fractures where the bushing goes in.

 

[Water Pig]

the starter is a rebuilt that I purchased earlier this year. the tractor is a 50 8N side distributor 12 vt. the starter has been acting up for a few months but I decided to work it until it broke. so here I am.

 

[Royse]

"the starter is a rebuilt that I purchased earlier this year."

Well then, you might want to get one from a different place this time.
Glad you got it figured out though!

 

[Water Pig]

my original question was about the drive. it looks like it is extended and will not turn at all it seems locked up. I figure that might be why the bushing and plate are damaged..

 

[Royse]

The drive locks in the extended position until the engine
over-speeds the starter to spin it back in. It may be fine.
Some guys have had luck spinning them with a wire brush on
a bench grinder to get them to retract. I've not had such luck.
I have simply re-installed them and let the engine do it.
Mine didn't have cracked housings though.

 

[teddy52food]

So why didn't you take it apart & fit a new bushing in there? If the old one moved it will move again soon.

 

[Dune Country]

need to hook the charger to a battery then test the starter, charger alone ain't going to do it

 

[Water Pig]

I took it apart and forced the bushing back in its place. I didn't have a bushing so i could not replace at this time.

 

[Water Pig]

Thanks for the advice. when it stops raining I will test it that way. regardless I have to perform repair or replace