voucht
12th December 2015, 03:21 PM
Hi,
This summer, my starter motor got stuck very often (annoying, most of the time I had to bag it to restart the engine), so today I decided to remove it and open it for a good clean, as I thought it stuck because of too much dust inside. Well, big surprise, it turned out that there is no dust, but a lot of corrosion inside.
Brushes look OK, but I'm afraid the casing is no longer waterproof, and the problem will come back.
So what do you think : is it worth de-rusting it, cleaning it properly, and reassemble to re-use it, or is it dead and should I just get a new one ?
Thanks.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5701/23071909163_caa73f90a5.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/B9MyMi)IMG_20151212_153707 (https://flic.kr/p/B9MyMi) by Sylvain ROIG (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/), sur Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5681/23590423622_d0ceed37d4.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BWB64L)IMG_20151212_153720 (https://flic.kr/p/BWB64L) by Sylvain ROIG (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/), sur Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5660/23331030079_b20e63e915.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BxFCpi)IMG_20151212_153633 (https://flic.kr/p/BxFCpi) by Sylvain ROIG (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/), sur Flickr
Other pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/albums/72157659976256604/with/23331028999/
This summer, my starter motor got stuck very often (annoying, most of the time I had to bag it to restart the engine), so today I decided to remove it and open it for a good clean, as I thought it stuck because of too much dust inside. Well, big surprise, it turned out that there is no dust, but a lot of corrosion inside.
Brushes look OK, but I'm afraid the casing is no longer waterproof, and the problem will come back.
So what do you think : is it worth de-rusting it, cleaning it properly, and reassemble to re-use it, or is it dead and should I just get a new one ?
Thanks.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5701/23071909163_caa73f90a5.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/B9MyMi)IMG_20151212_153707 (https://flic.kr/p/B9MyMi) by Sylvain ROIG (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/), sur Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5681/23590423622_d0ceed37d4.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BWB64L)IMG_20151212_153720 (https://flic.kr/p/BWB64L) by Sylvain ROIG (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/), sur Flickr
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5660/23331030079_b20e63e915.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BxFCpi)IMG_20151212_153633 (https://flic.kr/p/BxFCpi) by Sylvain ROIG (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/), sur Flickr
Other pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99498333@N06/albums/72157659976256604/with/23331028999/