Starter motor Brushes

jrose · Aug 12, 2022

Morning all, the time has come to replace the carbon brushes on my series 3 petrol starter, I have looked online and there are a few different suppliers, I've read few posts on here and Britpart seem to be the ones to avoid (I see a lot of that on here), does anyone recommend a make or manufacturer, this isnt a job I want to be doing again and again.

kermit_rr · Aug 12, 2022

No moving parts in a carbon brush, you should be ok

jrose · Aug 12, 2022

I was thinking the same, just so many people slating Britpart, I replace bigger versions on my generators on ships all the time. Perhaps people have managed to fit them incorrectly somehow.

kermit_rr · Aug 12, 2022

Or maybe the starter was worn and ate the new brushes in short order

Colthebrummie · Aug 12, 2022

Hats off to you for being willing to strip and replace the brushes. I found it to be a faff so I just replaced the complete starter motor. They're not that expensive for a series.

Col

jrose · Aug 12, 2022

Colthebrummie said:
Hats off to you for being willing to strip and replace the brushes. I found it to be a faff so I just replaced the complete starter motor. They're not that expensive for a series.

Col

it's not that bad a job really, i replace them all the time on generators on the ships i work on, a set of brushes is no more than 10 quid, a new starter is over a hundred, any money i save is a bonus that i can put towards the welding side of things as i am absolutely rubbish at that lol

Colthebrummie · Aug 12, 2022

jrose said:
it's not that bad a job really, i replace them all the time on generators on the ships i work on, a set of brushes is no more than 10 quid, a new starter is over a hundred, any money i save is a bonus that i can put towards the welding side of things as i am absolutely rubbish at that lol

I destroyed the screw heads trying to get at the brushes, they were seized solid. I think I paid £85 for the replacement starter, although, that was a while ago.

Col

jrose · Aug 12, 2022

I will let you know how i get on, at least we can still get replacement parts for these.

Bobsticle · Aug 21, 2022

Hope the britpart ones actually fit and they ain’t made of pencil sharpenings.
Good luck.

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