Re: SER1 Groaning starter .

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    G'Day Graham,
    Presuming that your starter is the Lucas G76 type, it sounds to me 
as if the rubber bonded cush drive in the Bendix has come unbonded. Its 
construction is rather like the bushes for the road springs and it is 
designed to drive the starter and to cushion the shock of the Bendix 
engaging in the ring gear.
    Lucas part number is 290081, and it is called "sleeve and rubber" in 
the Lucas parts book.goodness knows where you will get one but I would 
hazard a guess that they will be easier to come by in the UK than here.
    The Lucas parts book is available in the garage documents section if 
you wish to look at the parts. Use the early parts book. The 1957 one 
reproduced there also is not applicable to the early type starters.
    I have had a couple of these fail on me, I assume that the rubber is 
old and getting brittle. The rubber in the sleeve takes the full driving 
force of the starter and not infrequently, when it fails it will drive 
intermittently or even initially and then slip. You description of the 
symtom is exactly as I have experienced.
    Cheers
    Allan
    Canberra, Australia



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