This is 3/4 long and 3/8 wide, it will stick to a magnet so I dont think its babbit. it's thin , like around 1/16.
A bit of Bendix
Walt you are correct... I remember now the first thing My Dad and I did when I got the car and that was repair the starter which had a broken bendix.
Picture attached is not mine but borrowed from here for comparison for other folks .
THANKS WALT AND EVERYONE ELSE ! guess I can rest my worried mind a bit now ....