Starter Bendix problem
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Mountain Pass
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Starter Bendix problem
Hello, I have a 79 Ford F 250 with a 400 and the starter stopped working. When I pulled it out there was a small short dowel pin sitting next to the bendix gear. I can't figure out where this pin came from. I'm thinking it's about 3/16 diameter. Is there a dowel pin somewhere in the bendix assembly?
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The starter drive/Bendix has several rollers in it that fit that description. I can't remember exactly but maybe 5 of them. Sometimes the rollers come out when the Bendix housing is broken. You can buy a new Bendix for a Ford starter and they are not hard to change. You used to be able to buy a kit that came with Bendix, bushings, and brushes. I am a big on rebuilding starters and alternators instead of taking a gamble with the "supposed to fit" chain store exchange units.
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Hello, I have a 79 Ford F 250 with a 400 and the starter stopped working. When I pulled it out there was a small short dowel pin sitting next to the bendix gear. I can't figure out where this pin came from. I'm thinking it's about 3/16 diameter. Is there a dowel pin somewhere in the bendix assembly?
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Mountain Pass
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These pins are much smaller than the ones you mention.
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Hello, I have a 79 Ford F 250 with a 400 and the starter stopped working. When I pulled it out there was a small short dowel pin sitting next to the bendix gear. I can't figure out where this pin came from. I'm thinking it's about 3/16 diameter. Is there a dowel pin somewhere in the bendix assembly?
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Mountain Pass
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Well, I figured it out, it was parts inside the bendix that keep the gear spinning in one direction kind of like a clutch. Red Mercury had it right.
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