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b. Place the brush springs on the sides or the brush
holders.
c.
Remove the positive brushes (the brushes con-
nected to the stator) from the brush holders.
d. Pull the negative brushes (the brushes connected to
the brush holder assembly) part way out of the
brush holders and place the brush springs on top of
the brush holders against the sides of brushes. This
is called the locked position and it holds the
brushes in place off the commutator.
e.
Remove the brush holder assembly from the com-
mutator.
f.
Remove the armature from the stator.
4. Remove the two screws from the pinion housing and
separate the pinion housing from the starter solenoid.
Make sure to keep track of the solenoid spring and the
steel ball that are located between the solenoid plunger
and the pinion shaft.
5. Remove the components from the pinion housing.
a.
Remove the starter motor gear.
b. Remove the bearing retainer, bearings, and idler
gear.
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Pinion Assembly
Pinion Housing
c.
Support the end of the pinion shaft that faces the
starter solenoid.
d. Push the pinion gear away from the stop ring and
hold the pinion gear in that position.
e.
Push the stop ring off the snap ring and remove the
snap ring from the end of the pinion shaft.
f.
Remove the stop ring, pinion gear, and pinion gear
spring from the pinion gear shaft.
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