Stormin 9,981 #1 Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) The starter motor on my C-125 was making horrible grating noises and the engine was difficult to start. So off with the motor and I found the bush on the Bendix end was badly worn. You could waddle the shaft end quite a lot. Bit of a measure up and I obtained four new bushes. Not quite the same but with a bit of lathe work they would fit. Why four? you ask. Well I have three runners and a parts tractor. Mat as well do them all. New bushes are Oillite ones and should last me out. OD is the right size. 3/4" but to long and the ID was 1'2" when the shaft end was .520" Not a problem. The bush was pressed in place and the surplus end turned down in the lathe. I borrowed an expanding reamer from a local engineering shop and reamed out the centre. After doing the C-125s motor I tested it before fitting. All was well, so I decided to do the one on the C-121 (Black Horse) and the one off the parts tractor. They were badly worn as well. So that's two tractors with nice quiet starter motors and a spare. I'll check the C-81s motor sometime in the near future, though that isn't noisy. Edited March 17, 2021 by Stormin 8 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #2 Posted March 17, 2021 Excellent work Norm! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,695 #3 Posted March 17, 2021 Well done Sir 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,164 #4 Posted March 17, 2021 Awesome nORM! Hope you weren't thinking about that panel van when you were using the reamer? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickwhitt 4,642 #5 Posted March 17, 2021 Nice job Norm. Those bushes will last an age. Mick 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
