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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 01:25 PM
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The planetary gear reduction starters are NOT offset.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 04:32 PM
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Look at the starter in the picture in post #13. What would you call it?
 
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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 04:40 PM
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The top starter is a standard offset gear reduction, the bottom one is planetary.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2015 | 09:33 PM
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Gotcha, spur to spur. The DBE ones are three spur IIRC. Not that it really matters since the first and last gears set the reduction. Well other than direction changes, that is.

Ack! That means my comparison isn't valid. The only planetary (lower in your pic) style I have seen in action was half dead- pretty sure it was running on only one of the two set of brushes.
 
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