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Starter Motor: Disassembly

  1. Remove starter motor. See STARTER MOTOR  .
  2. Remove the braid between the starter and solenoid terminal. See Fig 1 .
  3. Remove the 2 solenoid fixings.
  4. Withdraw the solenoid body.
  5. Lift and remove the solenoid plunger.
  6. Remove the 2 nuts and 2 screws from the commutator end bracket.
  7. Remove the commutator end bracket.
  8. Remove the grommet from the yoke.
  9. Lift the brushbox assembly clear of the armature.
  10. Remove the brush springs.
  11. Unclip and remove the ground brushes.
  12. Remove the insulating plate.
  13. Withdraw the brushes and bus bar.
  14. Remove the armature from the yoke.
  15. Remove the yoke.
  16. Remove the intermediate bracket.
  17. Loosen and remove the through bolts from the drive end bracket.
  18. Remove the sun and planet gears.
  19. Push out the drive shaft sprocket assembly from drive end bracket.
  20. Carefully tap thrust collar from over the jump ring back toward the drive.
  21. Pry the snap ring from locating groove.
  22. Remove the drive assembly from the drive shaft.
Fig 1: Exploded View Of Lucas M78R Starter Motor
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