Replacing armature on kohler starter

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I'm still one of the few in my area that will replace a simple broken plastic Bendix gear on a starter for a customer. Of course there are many who are just cheap price shoppers so they go for the poor quality aftermarket starters. Most don't want to fuss with the pesky spring clip design.

I have a small collection of reconditioned starters that I keep on hand. If the armature has not been smoked, I would rather recondition an original
 

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I'm still one of the few in my area that will replace a simple broken plastic Bendix gear on a starter for a customer. Of course there are many who are just cheap price shoppers so they go for the poor quality aftermarket starters. Most don't want to fuss with the pesky spring clip design.

I have a small collection of reconditioned starters that I keep on hand. If the armature has not been smoked, I would rather recondition an original

I do the same.

A guy that swapped in new starters for customers gave me a big pile of starters sometime back and I've reconditioned several of them that just needed a Bendix gear or Brush kit.

He also gave me a big pile of carbs, several were the OEM types carbs Briggs and Nikki's.
 

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I am replacing armature on a kohler starter 2009811-s and I am having trouble holding the 4 brushes in so I can put the armature in the end piece. How do they do that thanks.
Do this.....get a sheet and a flashlight.....sit under the sheet on a solid floor because those springs will launch to God knows where sometimes. I "lost" one spring but knew the last thing it hit was metal after bouncing off the ceiling and eventually found it in the top of my tool chest.

Work in pairs....helps to have the case clamped vertically in a vice as well.....and insert two opposite brushes and use a small flat tip screwdriver to push the compressed springs into place on opposite sides. A strip of duct tape over each may help retain the installed pair. Then work carefully on the other two opposite pairs replacing springs. It's almost like you need three hands to do this. Can be done it's just fiddly work.
 

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Just you a socket with a opening bigger then the armature, put it inside brushes and push into place.
 
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