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Bryanj:
That part number says discontinued now

Oddjob:
Think CMS got the description wrong on that Seabeowner, never seen a 500 with 4 shafts, they’ve always had 8. The 4 long shafts are still available if you look hard enough and the fact the part number is higher at the end means that the longer ones are the revised part number, meaning they were produced after the shorter ones, I seem to recall the 500 k2 got the longer ones as standard as the ovalling problem had reared it’s head by then. The 500k3 got the longer ones but they were pegged like the 550 ones.

I’d love to know what exactly DS sold you as if you already had the pegged shafts I can’t see how you could improve on that, are you saying you had the old style top cover like the 500 and they sold you a later style cover from a 550 with the pegged shafts? If so I’ll bet that wasn’t cheap

juitz:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on November 05, 2022, 04:45:37 PM ---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 BTW



Not 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 etc

Came 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.

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Hi all,

Hope everyone is well. Been a little while since I've posted, life gets busy sometimes!

I've found the starter motor cable is too short to reach my electrical tray, and now will look to replace it with a longer one. Is it as easy as drilling out the cable and replacing it with a SS bolt as Oddjob as done?

Oddjob:
The bushing that the cable sits in, to protect against shorts from cable to body, is made of bakolite or similar. It's very easy to damage and it chips easily.

IIRC, I cut the cable off right above this collar, I think I ground down the internal part where it's soldered to the cable inside, dismantled the starter then as before I don't think the cable would pull through that collar, you need to release it from the inside. Bit of heat and desoldered the remains of the cable.

Sorry it's a bit vague, it's been a while. I didn't drill it out IIRC, too much chance of damage.

juitz:
I ground down the remaining cable to the body, and what's left is a stub with a collar.that you can press out. You're right that there's not much material to drill it out.

I'll try and desolder the stubby bit from internal winding. Worst case, I'll resolder a longer cable.

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