They get weak and won't crank the engine. Probably a heat shield is a good
idea. I had one on for a while but got irritated with it being in the way.
Does anyone have the URL for Ted's website? Couldn't find it on Google
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:29 AM
To: Bill Babcock
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Starters
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Bill Babcock wrote:
> So what's the deal with gear reduction starters. I'm about to chuck my
> third one in three years. Does someone make a better one, or are they
> a yearly recycle item.
I've got 6 seasons on mine, and I use it (typically) 10-12 times per event
day, more if I have a co-driver.
But I'm an autocrosser, you're a road racer. The (significant) difference in
the two is that our cars don't get as hot for as long and we have a lot less
vibration (less time a full throttle).
If you don't have a heat shield, that might be a good thing to do...
there's not much you can do it the prob is vibration.
How exactly do the starters fail?
rml
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