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1 hour ago, JohnD said:
Bengaku's pinion Compare that with Colin's pic of a worn pinion.
On Colin's the teeth are worn to the base, but Bengaku's are only worn at the tips, as if they were barely engaging. There's no ability to set the distance of the starter axle from the flywheel, but did you use the correct size of bolt? If they were smaller than they should they the starter could move away from the flywheel, and allow this.
John
I ordered bolts from rimmer bros along with shim starter motor and washers so would assume they are correct length bolts I mean why would they sell smaller makes no sense then again I shouldn't assume
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29 minutes ago, poppyman said:
Do you have your old starter? The spacer might still be on it... It has been done before.
Tony.
No old stater was binned I got a spacer on ebay so just now need to order a set of longer bolts as ones on rimmers are 1 1/2 inches need at least 2 inches
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7 minutes ago, clive said:
I would take some measurements, colins pictures will help you what you are trying to do (difficult to put into works) But really you want a little clearance, so the teeth fully engage when the starter is used. Looks like yours has been engaging just on te very end of the teeth.
So maybe I need a spacer?
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27 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said:
We're a 9-tooth starter gear; Minis and the like are 10. They'll work but they won't mesh exactly and will skip over some teeth with the corresponding wear; but that sort of wear takes a long time.
Where is yours wearing? If it's not clearing the flywheel it will be worn away at one end, sometimes just a light scoring round the base of the teeth and if it's been shimmed too much it will be positively eaten away. Maybe you didn't require shims or a spacer in the first place? In the last photo there's no spacer at all; the first two photos show what happens when one is fitted and not required, and the Bendix teeth don't clear the flywheel.
Yes I was thinking that myself I dont have a spacer didnt realise this till I was actually taking off the starter motor a few days ago but I'm sure when I went to refit without shim in did nothing and if i fitted a spacer it will just pull the it further out
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40 minutes ago, clive said:
Rubbish quality pinion is one possibility. It should be a hard grade of steel, possibly hardened? If it can be easily marked by (eg) a drill or similar, it is too soft.
I have replaced pinions with genuine NOS from ebay as the one I had on the car had 1 tooth too many.
Can you post a picture?
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Bought a new stater motor from rimmer bros along with bolts washers and a shim replaced this now after five months car wouldnt start took off starter motor and the teeth on motor are worn away how is this possible if all the parts are correct for the motor?
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1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said:
I was just about to say: Ssssshhhhhh!, someone might buy it! - but someone has, hopefully Paul himself...
Well I'm bidding but still 2 days to go
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3 minutes ago, KevinR said:
Oops most have been looking for wrong thing lol thanks
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1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said:
Have a look on eBay. You need a Bendix gear compressor, I bought this one for £1 a few years back and it's like a small suspension spring compressor. If you're trying to compress the spring any other way bear in mind you need to clamp at least two sides and it's quite strong, so take care.
Yeah none available at the moment unfortunately
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Hi I have a problem with my starter motor on my triumph spitfire 1500 so I have ordered a new barrel and pinion set but was looking online and apparently you need a special clamp to compress the main spring in order to take off the little circlip.so my question is where would you get one or is there another way to compress the spring without the tool.thanks for looking regards Paul
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Thanks for the advice Colin I con only assume that as I dont often drive in the dark I have never notice issue with indicator lights on drivers side coming on it was only the other day that a neighbor said he saw me in front of him the night before and noticed the light on all the time so that's it now sorted thanks again for the advice keep safe guys regards Paul
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Ok I will jump down they it and get back asap thanks for advice
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I know you say red to red black to black but only three red wires not four so is this been a botch job from years ago cause it does look like a wire is either missing or iam wrong
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Just now, dougbgt6 said:
Certainly sounds like an earth problem! There are two sorts of bulb holder, one has a power and an earth wire. The other has a power wire, but gets it's earth from the metal work of the car and this can be really troublesome!
I'm not sure what's going on with your wiring pictures, black should go to black and red to red. But you have black to red which should give you a big BANG!
Doug
Well I took a picture before I took parts off so I could replace wiring back in correct order although I have had issues before with lights and horn maybe need to take car to some auto electrical expert rather than fudge it up
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Seem to have an issue with front wiring specifically the ones connecting front indicators and parking lights .so having swapped out the rusty old lower front valences and reconnecting the lights back up .when I turn lights on the drivers side indicator lights up but doesnt flash also the rear light comes on as well if I use left indicator it works fine but right or drivers side doesnt make a difference as the lights are already on and stay on with headlights .I have checked black wires all seem fine iam correct that the black wire is earth ? I believe it's a problem with earth causing problems putting on hazards the lights do flash but are not as bright as the left side any suggestions that could help me to get lndictator working again its only one side that the problem lies I have added a picture of the wires before took them off to change parts over thanks for looking regards Paul
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Update got an original bolt and nut from a fellow triumph member so clamp is now nice and tight thanks for all the advice
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1 minute ago, Pete Lewis said:
as with most classic problems this one is NUTS
Pete
Lol
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5 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:
45D is a base Lucas unit deign
So it's not the clamp but the nut did notice mine doesn't have a square nut onone end and unless you use a spanner hold one end will just spin
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1 minute ago, Pete Lewis said:
they are a bit elusive
normal suppliers are all seemingly NLA but maybe accu or distributor doctor or a scrappy trader
pete
Just checked I fitted a power spark 45D do what type of clamp does that require any ideas
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6 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:
yes fitted a acuspark to a local spitty and had to change the clamp think that was delco to accu
Pete
Where can you buy new clamps?
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13 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:
i reckon its a 1/4"unf bolt the square nut is just so its a one spanner job (stops the nut rotating) but a normal nut will work early versions used a historic BSF thread but the thread is not the bible sorry dont have the length but any bolt of the right diameter will clamp
note lucas and delco have different base diameters so the clamps are not interchangable
if it wont clamp do you have the correct clamp to match your dizzy ??
pete
Now I hadn't thought of that I changed over the distributor for an electronic ignition system and just got the whole unit so maybe that's the issue although I changed it over last july and hadn't notice any problems until the other day car started to run a bit sluggish and was making a poping noise so checked timming and noticed it was out a tiny bit and that's when I noticed clamp wasn't tightening up correctly
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Hi quick question the clamp on my distributor doesn't tighten up might be a problem with the nut or bolt rimmer bros dont have any in stock so does anyone know the correct size as hopefully i just need a new bolt and nut to sort out the problem thanks for looking regards Paul
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Update decided this morning to swap cables about and it worked thanks for the advice Doug can only think that when had car in mates garage sorted starter motor that the wires maybe became disconnected and he has push them back in or had his son helping him anyway its now sorted so even though it was cold and dull i took the car to work why not 😊
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Justto update had a look at wiring on lights cleaned all bullet connectors and joiner blocks so looking at the picture is this set up correct ? I removed the blue red wire from right side to the left then tried lights the passenger side came on the drivers side didn't then on full beam it did come if i swap the wire back its the opposite drivers side on any ideas ? Its something simple bit like me 😂
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Sorry thought I had silly me it's a 1976 spitfire according to rimmers the motor fits all spitfires