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Accessory starter bendix

Post by FATMAN » Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:04 pm

Does anyone have any information on this accessory starter Bendix? Bob
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Re: Accessory starter bendix

Post by Stephen_heatherly » Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:56 pm

I think that is a bendix for a model a.

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Re: Accessory starter bendix

Post by FATMAN » Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:28 pm

N Model A looks like T but has a 5/8" hole through it, Bob
this one is 1/2" hole


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Re: Accessory starter bendix

Post by got10carz » Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:32 pm

I think early model A's had 1/2" shafts.


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Re: Accessory starter bendix

Post by FATMAN » Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:07 pm

A's had 5/8 shafts I have a few of them, Bob


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Re: Accessory starter bendix

Post by Ron Patterson » Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:10 pm

The early Model A Ford's equipped with the Abel starter had 1/2 inch armature shafts.
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Re: Accessory starter bendix

Post by Pep C Strebeck » Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:43 pm

In September of 1928, Ford switched from using the Abell Starter Drive to the new Bendix Starter Drive. The Abell drive used a starter armature with a 1/2" diameter shaft. The new Bendix drive used a starter armature with a 5/8" shaft. The Abell drive and the Bendix drive look nothing alike. Shortly after the introduction of the new Bendix drive (and larger armature shaft) they introduced a Service Drive, A-11350-DR. The Service Drive would be a Bendix style drive for a 1/2" shaft and would require a modification of the original 1/2" armature shaft to fit it properly and to make it work. The A-11350-DR Service Drive was a service replacement only for the early starters using the 1/2" armature shaft.

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What you are showing in the photos is an aftermarket/replacement service drive. I have about 3 or 4 of them and they look exactly the same. You can generally find the drives, but not the spring. The starter/Bendix spring from the Service Drive to the "modern" 5/8" drives are different.
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