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• Re: Starter sings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:40:20 -0700
  ...it's the Bendix drive gear on the starter. though ....usually what happens when one is bad is that the starter will crank the...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:45:47 -0500
  ...Engaging and disengaging the pinion was accomplished by a clever invention called a Bendix drive. The pinion was mounted on the starter shaft and...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:25:17 -0500
  ...The bendix (over running clutch) on the starter gear could be bad > making for an awful sound on engagement or release. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: Hello again, Brakes, No-Start, Coolant bleeder, 1985 GL
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 08 Jan 1997 20:03:34 -0800
  ...and I got good results by lubricating the starter shaft > and bendix gear (the gear that engages the flywheel). I used kerosene as > a...
• Re: Starter won't engage ring gear when sit for a while
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:59:04 -0400
  ...This is often referred to as a "Bendix". This prevents the armature from being over run and destroyed during the brief moment when the...
• starter solenoid heads south
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 17 May 2002 09:14:37 -0700
  ...The spring > functions, I think, to force the > plunger back out which in turn, via the throw-out > arm, tracts the bendix. > > I am...
• Re: Engine Won't Start...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:07:32 -0700
  ...I actually fragged the bendix teeth on the starter. Turns out a piece was left inside that I missed. It worked down between the...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:18:24 -0500
  ...voltage > to "pull in" whatever pulls in to make it turn. "Bendix" we used to say. > > There is definitely no cranking sound. > > Tom > > ----- Original...
• Re: Comments on Splittie (steering, noise)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:54:41 +1200
  ...These pads are good in our diesel Toyota sedans, though! All the taxis here use them (Bendix Metal King). -- Regards Andrew
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:49:56 -0800
  ...Engaging and disengaging the pinion was accomplished by a clever invention called a Bendix drive. The pinion was mounted on the starter shaft and...
• Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:31:16 -0700
  ...MechanicA does not > see how a push-button starter will fix this > situation, if the low-power doesn't get the > Bendix to thrust...
• Re: Mushy Brakes update
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 19:48:47 -0800
  ...Look for known labels such as Girling, ATE or Bendix. Don't accept "pepboys" or "NAPA" brands or worse no-brand. Always save the...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:56:16 -0800
  ...once in a while I'll have a starter that doesn't engage properly every time ....usually a new bendix drive fixes those just...
• Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:57:34 -0600
  ...MechanicA does not > > see how a push-button starter will fix this > > situation, if the low-power doesn't get the > > Bendix to thrust...
• Re: Ongoing "Honk" as diesel style starter engages
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 00:44:36 -0500
  You have a bad "bendix" on the starter drive or the starter is not releasing as fast as it should. That is the one...
• Re: OEM verses aftermarket
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:38:32 -0400
  ...The box looked like an ATE box, and the logo was stylized such that it could easily be mistaken for "Bendix" from a distance...
• Re: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 15:03:21 -0400
  ...MechanicA does not > > see how a push-button starter will fix this > > situation, if the low-power doesn't get the > > Bendix to thrust...
• Re: Squealing Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:24:05 -0700
  ...New Bendix Rotors, New Wheel Bearings and Seals, New > Metallic Brake Pads, New Calipers. > Are there any little fiber separators or something that will...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:57:10 -0600
  ...The Bendix Corporation waxed fat and happy. > > Came the day that someone thought it would be better to combine actions. > If > the contactor were...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:25:39 -0700
  ...Usually the solenoid (click but no > start) or > Bendix,(starter turns but not engine). Unfortunately, they can cut > corners too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: Shocks and brake job, one question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:42:42 -0400
  ...I installed new PBR pads from BD, I > notice they are made in Australia, brand name Axxis Metal Master, made by > Mintex Bendix... interesting...
• Re: Starting Problem '91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:55:09 -0400
  ...The only other alternative could be that the starter is spinning but the bendix is not shooting the starting gear out far enough to...
• Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 16:21:57 -0500
  ...no cranking > > visually, MechanicA sees Bendix only > going part way out when warm ... > Not far enough to engage > > Note: Pushing w/a volvo and...
• Re: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:54:46 +0000
  ...MechanicA does not > > see how a push-button starter will fix this > > situation, if the low-power doesn't get the > > Bendix to thrust...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:27:26 -0600
  ...The Bendix Corporation waxed fat and happy. > > Came the day that someone thought it would be better to combine actions. > If > the contactor were...
• Water boxer cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:48:47 -0500
  ...It could be from the bendix. The number for the solenoid is, BOSCH 0331 303 056-556. I had trouble finding a source, just...
• Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:38:25 -1000
  ...no cranking >> >> visually, MechanicA sees Bendix only >> going part way out when warm ... >> Not far enough to engage >> >> Note: Pushing w/a volvo and...
• Auto back up switch
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:45:05 -0700
  ...The Bendix Corporation waxed fat and happy. >> >> Came the day that someone thought it would be better to combine actions. >> If >> the contactor were...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:19:54 -0500
  ...The Bendix Corporation waxed fat and happy. >> >> Came the day that someone thought it would be better to combine actions. >> If >> the contactor were...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:49:38 -0400
  ...Usually the solenoid (click but no > start) or > Bendix,(starter turns but not engine). Unfortunately, they can cut > corners too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:09:24 -0700
  ...moves the shaft into contact with the ring gear via the 'bendix' one way drive) , might be a haint. 6000 miles and 24 months...
• Re: Auto back up switch
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:29:01 -0800
  ...The Bendix Corporation waxed fat and happy. >> >> Came the day that someone thought it would be better to combine actions. >> If >> the contactor were...
• Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring Starter Bendix
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:03:09 -0400
  That "squelching" (screeching) is the sound of a dry or defective one way clutch or screw mechanism on the starter drive. As the engine...
• Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:21:12 -1000
  ...MechanicA does not >> see how a push-button starter will fix this >> situation, if the low-power doesn't get the >> Bendix to thrust...
• Re: Bobo Iceskater
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:19:51 -0800
  ...the first being starters, solenoids, bendix-parts and ring gears, learned on a Corvair with bad compression on five cyclenders I later bought for...
• Re: Auto back up switch
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:26:48 -0800
  ...The Bendix Corporation waxed fat and happy. >> >> Came the day that someone thought it would be better to combine actions. >> If >> the contactor were...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:36:30 -0700
  ...moves the shaft into contact with the ring gear via the 'bendix' one way drive) , might be a haint. 6000 miles and 24 months...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:41:32 -0700
  ...I bought some replacements (Bendix D45A) on a previous parts order - I think they were on sale because they'd been discontinued. I'm...
• Re: Starter relay with automatic and cruise, was: Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:22:11 -0500
  ...I also believe that I have one of those "Ford fender" type of solenoid relays, for starters that used a Bendix. :-) Larry On Tue...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:42:11 -0600
  ...moves the shaft into contact with the ring gear via the 'bendix' > one way drive) , might be a haint. > > 6000 miles and 24 months...
• Re: Starter solenoid: R&R?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:32:25 -0700
  ...Piston that activates the Bendix Drive. These are lubed at the factory with a long-life lubricant. But long-life does not mean indefinite...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:48:57 -0700
  ...I > bought some replacements (Bendix D45A) on a previous parts order - I think > they were on sale because they'd been discontinued. I'm...
• Re: testing a fuel pump - final
  Historical mailing list - Matt Faust
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:04:03 -0700
  ...s still a churnin' > after 29 years. > > I've had the Bendix, GM, ATE (Fiat) and other > pumps but never found the > quality of...
• Re: Handling + Stopping?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:43:46 +1200
  ...First try fitting metallic pads such as Bendix Metal King. An "light" unloaded base Transporter or a Caravelle can handle brilliantly, I'm told...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:33:29 -0400
  ...Personally I have never seen the complete lack of any compression we at 1st thought it was a bad bendix on the starter and...
• Re: Slow starting when hot
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 May 1997 06:31:36 -0400
  ...Te bendix engages >>and the starter turns the engine, but it turns as if the battery was almost >>dead. Starter and solenoid are usually...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:28:52 -1000
  ...I've also had a fair amount of bad Bendix Drive Gears .. symptoms are ...it kicks out before you are ready for the starter...
• Re: help with brakes in SF.
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:31:29 -0700
  ...While very useful on larger domestic Bendix-type rear brakes, I have found it useless on the little Vanagon rear brakes. You can often...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:38:40 -0500
  ...the power to pull the solenoid piston in, along with the bendix mechanism that, through a forked lever, throws the starter gear into the...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:15:22 -0800
  ...the power to > pull the solenoid piston in, along with the bendix mechanism that, > through a forked lever, throws the starter gear into the...
• Re: Since we've been talking starters recently on Vanagon list.....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 18:07:24 -0800
  ...It must be that, or something to do with the Bendix (do they still call em that?) spring. I'll give that a good...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:51:54 -0400
  ...Personally I have never seen the complete lack of any compression we at 1st thought it was a bad bendix on the starter and...
• Re: Starter solenoid current
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:36:57 -0800
  ...I treat the starter.......made up of 3 main parts........the motor, the solenoid, and the bendix drive gear, as a whole unit. I...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Starter Motor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:17:37 -0700
  ...Starter Motor Replacement Hi everyone, in the past 11 months, my Vanagon was "dead" with a flywheel tooth failure and a "Bendix" (starter driver...
• the 6->12 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sat, 07 Oct 1995 14:27:51 -0600
  ...My experience has been that keeping the 6 volt flywheel (and corresponding `bendix' on the starter solenoid) works fine. As a corollary, using the...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:57:03 -0800
  ...spin merrily along (not engaged with the ring gear as the 'bendix' failed too). Disconnecting the mains at the battery brought the show to...
• Re: starter turns except when the battery is disconnected but does not turn engine-solenoid problem?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:58:53 -0800
  ...make up of 3 areas, the solenoid, the motor part, and the bendix drive gear. once in a while I'll do a new...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:36:56 -0800
  ...spin merrily along (not engaged with the ring gear > as the 'bendix' failed too). Disconnecting the mains at the battery brought > the show to...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:45:19 -0500
  ...spin merrily along (not engaged with the ring gear as the 'bendix' failed too). Disconnecting the mains at the battery brought the show to...
• Re: testing a fuel pump (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:21:49 -0500
  ...I've had the Bendix, GM, ATE (Fiat) and other pumps but never found the quality of the Bosch in them. Stan Wilder ----- Original...