ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
Starter/Generator
2000 FE290 Gasoline Vehicle Maintenance and Service Supplement Page 12-3
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Disassembly of the Starter/Generator to Service the Brushes
1. Remove the two bolts (20) and pull commutator end cover (23) free of starter/generator housing (24)
(Figure 12-3, Page 12-4). See following NOTE.
2. Remove brush covers (29 and 30), screws (25) and lockwashers (26), brush springs (28), and brushes
(27) (Figure 12-4, Page 12-4).
Figure 12-2 Starter/Generator Removal
• IF THE BRUSHES ARE NOT REMOVED, CONTACT BETWEEN THE BRUSHES AND
COMMUTATOR AS THE COMMUTATOR END COVER IS BEING REMOVED OR INSTALLED
COULD DAMAGE THE BRUSHES. LIFT THE BRUSH SPRINGS OUT OF THE NOTCHES IN THE
BRUSHES AND PULL THE BRUSHES BACK FROM THE CENTER OF THE COMMUTATOR
END COVER. THE SPRINGS WILL REST ON THE SIDES OF THE BRUSHES AND HELP
PREVENT THEM FROM SLIDING TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE COVER (FIGURE 12-7,
PAGE 12-5).
• TO CLEAN AND INSPECT THE ARMATURE/COMMUTATOR AND BEARINGS, SEE
DISASSEMBLY OF THE STARTER/GENERATOR TO SERVICE THE ARMATURE/
COMMUTATOR, PAGE 12-5.
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11
4
9
12
1
10
F2
DF
7
2
17
13
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FRAME
CONNECTION
F1
TERMINAL
A2
TERMINAL
A1
TERMINAL
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NOTE
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