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Just done a couple of starter motors. I swapped the original cable method with what you describe, a simple stainless steel nut and bolt, I used a socket bolt for clearance inside the starter motor. Debris inside the casings is common, it's the residue of the carbon brushes inside. If you look at the 500 parts book instead of the 550K3 one, same starter motor essentially, then it gives the dimensions of both, I know I just bought a load of them as I have 5 or 6 starter motors to refurbish. Seeing this is common BTWNot a great idea to leave it like that as a couple of the strands are close to touching the motor body.I cleaned up everything, totally dismantled the motor including taking the windings out of the body, cleaning the armature etc, replaced the screws holding the windings onto the body with stainless ones, removed the rust from the winding supports, removed all damage from end caps and resprayed with Simoniz silver paint etcCame out like this The cable was a temporary one I made to replace the battery to solenoid, I also found somewhere selling the rubber boots but that was after I took the pics, I'll cover the connectors with shrink wrap later as well.
That’s not correct. The later models had 4 long shafts, pinned. Just like the attached.
Alright, at a total head scratch as no idea where this part belongs. (Attachment Link) It's not the rear drum brake pivot as that's already on?