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Starter Drive/Bendix: Service and Repair

DISASSEMBLY
1. Remove positive brush connector from M-terminal. Remove starter solenoid screws and remove starter solenoid.
2. Remove through-bolts and separate drive end housing from the starter frame and magnet.
3. Remove the seal.
4. Remove the output shaft and detach drive lever and pin.
5. Remove starter drive stop ring and stop ring retainer from output shaft and then remove starter drive .

ASSEMBLY
1. Apply a thin coating of Syncolon SCC-4-030 or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSF-M1C218-B on output shaft spline. Install starter drive assembly on output shaft. Install starter drive stop ring and stop ring retainer. Attach drive lever and pin.
2. Partially fill drive end housing bearing bore with Syncolon SCC-4-030 or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSF-M1C218-B (approximately one-quarter full). Install output shaft in drive end housing.
3. Install lever support and seal in drive end housing.
4. Position starter frame and magnet to drive end housing and install through-bolts. Tighten to 5-10 Nm (45-88 Lb-In).
5. Install starter solenoid and tighten starter solenoid screws to 5-10 Nm (45-88 Lb-In).