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pbishop 02-04-2018 11:37 PM

Spring less Bendix Opinions?
 

I have been contemplating changing to a spring less Bendix. Can anyone relate some experience with using one of these?

Tom Wesenberg 02-05-2018 01:53 AM

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I've never had a problem with my original, and wouldn't change.

Dollar Bill 02-05-2018 02:26 AM

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I find the pozidrive Bendix less prone to kicking out prematurely.

Karl 02-05-2018 04:28 AM

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I used an inertia drive for a while and went back to an original set up.
My one never engaged right with the ring gear. It would work but inspection after a few months showed it was chewing up the ring gear and itself -Karl

Jacksonlll 02-05-2018 03:32 PM

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Stay with the original and carry a spare spring.

Purdy Swoft 02-05-2018 04:10 PM

Re: Spring less Bendix Opinions?
 

I've used a couple of them and never had a problem .The original starter drive can drop bolts . If the original gets oil and a bit of clutch dust on the helix of the drive , it'll just spin and not engage . I've had no such problems with the modern starter drive .

denis4x4 02-05-2018 04:57 PM

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Both my A’s have the modern starter drives. Put them in 10 years ago and never had any issues

jrelliott 02-05-2018 05:30 PM

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Never had a problem with the modern drive and has been in since 2006.

john in illinois 02-05-2018 06:17 PM

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I have had good luck with modern drives on my Tudor. Especially since Snyders and probably others stated selling USA Made. V8s take the same starter as model A's and I have a USA Snyder's modern drive in my avatar roadster.

John

glenn in camino 02-05-2018 08:39 PM

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I use the modern (tractor style) on all my Model As except my 28 tudor that has an early starter with a smaller shaft.


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