> 
> The question is, are windings replaceable in these starters? If so, are
> they available? At this point I have a $400 CAN starter that draws 620
> amps. I'm truly wondering at this point what a "rebuilt" starter actually
> is. Apparently it's whatever the rebuilder decides to replace.
> 

Despite a few rather questionable conclusions about starters, the GoWesty 
article on them <http://www.gowesty.com/starter_story.htm> is right about 
one thing: rebuilders (even Bosch themselves) don't re-do the windings. They 
replace bushings, brushes, solenoids; but the windings are always the same 
old stuff from 14+ years ago. Problem is, the windings essentially ARE the 
motor. They generally don't go bad, but when they do, the starter is DONE. 
The labor involved in re-wrapping all that copper would be more than the 
value of the part. Only economy of scale made it affordable originally, and 
now that there are no more Vanagons, the scale is gone.

I'd stop throwing good money after bad and get a whole "new" rebuilt 
starter.