Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!irwin From: irwin@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Intermittent starter problem Message-ID: <7700051@uiucdcs> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 18:37:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.7700051 Posted: Mon Aug 19 18:37:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 03:33:08 EDT References: <692@whuxl.UUCP> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:whuxl.UUCP:-69200:uiucdcs:7700051:000:530 Nf-From: uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA!irwin Aug 19 17:37:00 1985 I would bet that the armature is rubbing the fields in the starter. When the starter gets very warm from the warm engine, the armature and the fields expand. If the clearance between is very close when cold, it will be even closer when hot and may actually touch. If the bearings in the starter are worn slightly, it could allow the armature to shift to the side slightly, causing the low clearance. You would have to remove and disassemble the starter to look for signs of wear on the fields or the armature to prove the theory.