IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:38 am
Hi All
I have a 2l Spreadbore IOE engine in my S1 80" land rover. Over winter the starter finally ceased to work.
I took it to my local auto electrician who diagnosed that a modification wherein the previously failed drove sleeve had been packed with washers had finally caused the armature to screw itself tight had stalled the motor.
With the aid of a NOS Lucas Drive Sleeve/Bendix (part no. 54253106) (Land Rover part no. 260046) of fleabay he rebuilt the unit and got me back on the road in March.
However the rubber in the Drive Sleeve has already failed allowing the inner core to slip, which in turn caused the pinion return spring to be chewed up.
I am in the position now of do I spend another £50 on a NOS sleeve that will quite possibly fail within a few days/months or trying to find a solution.
On other LR forums I have heard of the following:
1) Welding the sleeve up - however this comes with dire warnings of chipping teeth off of, if not the entire ring gear, from the flywheel.
2) Welding heavy beads down the inner sleeve and hammering back into the rubber - Some long term success noted.
3) Modifiying a WW11 Jeep Bendix similar to that o fthe Minerva modified starter motors - 10 teeth compared to the 11 on a lucas bendix.
4) Finding an alternative to the original Sleeve (my auto electrician has seen couplings with "Lovejoy" stamped on them (http://www.lovejoy-inc.com/)
I was wondering what other fixes Rover officionadoes my have used succesfully that have suffered from the same issues on their P3 starter motors?
I have a 2l Spreadbore IOE engine in my S1 80" land rover. Over winter the starter finally ceased to work.
I took it to my local auto electrician who diagnosed that a modification wherein the previously failed drove sleeve had been packed with washers had finally caused the armature to screw itself tight had stalled the motor.
With the aid of a NOS Lucas Drive Sleeve/Bendix (part no. 54253106) (Land Rover part no. 260046) of fleabay he rebuilt the unit and got me back on the road in March.
However the rubber in the Drive Sleeve has already failed allowing the inner core to slip, which in turn caused the pinion return spring to be chewed up.
I am in the position now of do I spend another £50 on a NOS sleeve that will quite possibly fail within a few days/months or trying to find a solution.
On other LR forums I have heard of the following:
1) Welding the sleeve up - however this comes with dire warnings of chipping teeth off of, if not the entire ring gear, from the flywheel.
2) Welding heavy beads down the inner sleeve and hammering back into the rubber - Some long term success noted.
3) Modifiying a WW11 Jeep Bendix similar to that o fthe Minerva modified starter motors - 10 teeth compared to the 11 on a lucas bendix.
4) Finding an alternative to the original Sleeve (my auto electrician has seen couplings with "Lovejoy" stamped on them (http://www.lovejoy-inc.com/)
I was wondering what other fixes Rover officionadoes my have used succesfully that have suffered from the same issues on their P3 starter motors?