Lucas starter motor strip down

[bengaku]

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 

[Pete Lewis]

in a vice with a short length of tube cut with a wide slot to work through to get at the circlip  compress the spring load and work thro' the slot 

have a look on youtube ??

[Colin Lindsay]

20 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

have a look on youtube ??

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. 

[Dave1360]

I managed to compress the spring with two molegrips once, but it wouldn't have passed a Health and Safety inspection.  From what I remember, I had to keep releasing one side then the other, tightening the grips each time.

[bengaku]

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 

 

[KevinR]

22 minutes ago, bengaku said:

Yeah none available at the moment unfortunately 

 

Two of them on Ebay at the moment :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARTER-SPRING-COMPRESSOR-SYKES-PICAVANT-JWP-376/124325056819?hash=item1cf259d133:g:2gEAAOSwRO9fUpwa

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SYKES-PICKAVANT-ARMATURE-SPRING-COMPRESSOR-FOR-LUCAS-M35G-STARTER-MOTORS-660200/233706358931?hash=item3669fc0893:g:HhwAAOSwZHRfVns4a

[bengaku]

3 minutes ago, KevinR said:

Two of them on Ebay at the moment :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARTER-SPRING-COMPRESSOR-SYKES-PICAVANT-JWP-376/124325056819?hash=item1cf259d133:g:2gEAAOSwRO9fUpwa

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARTER-SPRING-COMPRESSOR-SYKES-PICAVANT-JWP-376/124325056819?hash=item1cf259d133:g:2gEAAOSwRO9fUpwa

Oops most have been looking for wrong thing lol thanks 

[poppyman]

That new one is a bargain... You could re sell it for that when you finished with it  

Tony.

[Colin Lindsay]

11 minutes ago, poppyman said:

That new one is a bargain... You could re sell it for that when you finished with it  

Tony.

I was just about to say: Ssssshhhhhh!, someone might buy it! - but someone has, hopefully Paul himself...

[bengaku]

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