Post by charles on Apr 26, 2014 13:00:12 GMT -5
This goes under the Title of "Unfinished Business".
As I stated in my first Post, I used an RE-5 as my only transportation for about 8 years.
Towards the end, the Sprags in my clutch basket wore out and locked up the starter, spinning it to the Great Beyond.
I took the starter to a repair shop and we tore everything apart and began looking at numbers. I had this written down but, divorces being what they are, the notebook containing the numbers is also in the Great Beyond now as well.
Here's as far as I got: Since most OEM Suppliers are not out to manufacture "One-Off" parts for things like starters, they manufacture a series of starters that have the same specifications, turn the same directions, take the same power, etc. The differences come in, for example, when you manufacture the end piece. It's easier to fabricate an aluminum end piece than it is to manufacture a completely new starter. OEMs are like that. That's good to know.
So it is here. I cannot remember the manufacturer but here's where you come in. I remember that there was a nameplate on the starter giving the OEM name and model number. When the Starter Tech had it apart, he immediately recognized the internals as a somewhat standard issue piece of machinery. It's the end piece that gets screwed into the RE-5 side cover that matters.
If anyone has a starter handy, maybe you could take it to a shop and have it dis-assembled and find the starter numbers and the End Piece Number. This doesn't mean that it will be raining RE-5 starters anytime soon if your starter ever blows up (Believe me, you don't want to kickstart an RE-5 on an everyday basis), however, it would then be possible to buy the correct starter and then substitute the end piece. What would help also would be to find out what that model series was used in - tractors, riding lawn mowers, a Corolla, etc..
As always, your mileage may vary.
CW
As I stated in my first Post, I used an RE-5 as my only transportation for about 8 years.
Towards the end, the Sprags in my clutch basket wore out and locked up the starter, spinning it to the Great Beyond.
I took the starter to a repair shop and we tore everything apart and began looking at numbers. I had this written down but, divorces being what they are, the notebook containing the numbers is also in the Great Beyond now as well.
Here's as far as I got: Since most OEM Suppliers are not out to manufacture "One-Off" parts for things like starters, they manufacture a series of starters that have the same specifications, turn the same directions, take the same power, etc. The differences come in, for example, when you manufacture the end piece. It's easier to fabricate an aluminum end piece than it is to manufacture a completely new starter. OEMs are like that. That's good to know.
So it is here. I cannot remember the manufacturer but here's where you come in. I remember that there was a nameplate on the starter giving the OEM name and model number. When the Starter Tech had it apart, he immediately recognized the internals as a somewhat standard issue piece of machinery. It's the end piece that gets screwed into the RE-5 side cover that matters.
If anyone has a starter handy, maybe you could take it to a shop and have it dis-assembled and find the starter numbers and the End Piece Number. This doesn't mean that it will be raining RE-5 starters anytime soon if your starter ever blows up (Believe me, you don't want to kickstart an RE-5 on an everyday basis), however, it would then be possible to buy the correct starter and then substitute the end piece. What would help also would be to find out what that model series was used in - tractors, riding lawn mowers, a Corolla, etc..
As always, your mileage may vary.
CW