Repair and Diagnosis: Electrical: Starter: Overhaul: Disassembly

Note location of brush holder with respect to end terminal. See Fig 1. On field coil which operates drive gear actuating lever, bend edges on field coil retaining sleeve and remove sleeve and retainers. Cut positive brush leads from field coils as close to field connection point as possible.

Fig 1: Exploded View of Typical Positive Engagement Starter

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