Need Guidance 4 Starter
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Need Guidance 4 Starter
My starter jus went out today, and I am looking for a replacement. Should I go with the Bosch OEM or a HD version for the long run. I have 168,XXX on it and jus did the battery last week. New Alternator in Nov 08. Also any guidance on how to replace and time frame? I think I can take off one of the fans to get to it form the top. Ima newby who wants to dive in. Havent touched it yet jus looking around under the hood
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Starter tests aren't 100% accurate. If the problem you were having was that the starter was just clicking now and then, and then working other times, you likely have a bad spot of the commutator inside the starter. (that's the copper ring that the carbon brushes ride on.) With a bad spot, the starter will usually work just fine until the shaft happens to stop with a brush exactly on the bad spot. Then, it'll just click, until the clicking and movement of the bendix moves the shaft JUUUUST enough for the brush to reach the good area, and the starter will start working. But that bad spot will spread, and eventually, no amount of trying will get it to start. So it that sounds like what's happening... you probably need a starter anyways.
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