Rebuliding starters

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An impact screwdriver is worth the $20, the hammer smack not only turns it but it presses the bit into it so it doesn't slip...

John K. Gates
--
'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2004 11:21 am
Subject: Re: Rebuliding starters

> I'm pretty sure they can be rebuilt. Mostly a matter of cleaning 
> up the solenoid contacts and the
> commutator. Plus lubricating all the appropriate bits.
> The part that stopped me was the two straight blade screws holding 
> the solenoid to the end casting.
> Buggered them up before I could get them loose and didn't feel 
> like effing around drilling them out.
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:08 AM
> Subject: Rebuliding starters
> 
> 
> > The starter stuck on the otherday. Did no damage, but..
> > Can the solenoid be dismantled and rebuilt?
> >
> > Or plunge in with cash AGAIN....
> >
> >
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
> > 1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
> > Amsterdam NY
> > http://www.menloparkrandd.com/scirocco
> > http://www.menloparkrandd.com/my_rocc
> >
> >
> >
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