Yes, bushings and brushes are available.  Yes, you could do it
yourself.  Yes, you need to be careful and follow very specific
procedures for proper reconditioning and long-life of your rebuilt
starter.   I can do it for you, as an option.

Mike B.

On 4/8/2013 5:01 PM, neil n wrote:
> Can't recall who (pmailed?) me the list of parts required, and IIRC
> this is in the archives, but is installing new bushings etc. (starter
> rebuild) something the novice wrench can do with a good vice, some
> hand tools?  Are the bushings something the layman can buy online?
>
> Neil.
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Over the years I have had a share of bad from the box or fail a short while
>> afterward starters even from Bosch. These are assembly line rebuilds and
>> maybe they are the same units re-boxed by others. From experience the
>> weakness is the contacts in the solenoid. They either corrode or even come
>> lose causing intermittent operation. Many years ago I had a customer with a
>> Diesel Automatic Rabbit. Did that starter 7 times in ~ 1.5 years before
>> getting one that worked right, all the time.
>>
>> Dennis
>
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