Starter Rebuild Question

I am working on a Studebaker V8 Starter.

I pulled it apart and cleaned everythign up but don't know what to do with the Copper coil parts in the picture.

The wrapping seems to be cloth, do I need to find the cloth wrap or can I use electrical tape or something else?

The brushes look good and the bearing seem fine, not sure what else is involved in a rebuild.

 

I wouldn't use vinyl electrician's tape because it's gonna get hot in there. I'd use "Friction tape" which is kind of old school electrical tape made of rubber coated cloth.

 

Those would be the field coils. Find a motor rebuilder in your area and they will have the stuff you need.

 

Ask Perry at dispatch auto right around the corner from the shop. Just tell him your with HRCC.

 

If that is a 6V starter like mine, (it looks like mine) I got a local alternator shop to rebuild mine with 12V field coils. He had to order them but they were available. This might be the time to step up to the 12V field coils. They can't be too expensive and will come with new wrapping. It's not necessary but it can't hurt anything.

 

Ditto, used to work for a starter,generator and alternator rebuilder, He had rolls of that coil wrap..... go to a rebuilder he will have what you need......

 

Tommy this is a 12V one I got with a 289 thats destined for my dragster.

Wowcars-Ryan,
After I get the housing Chromed I may just take it over there to see what they say, all the hard work is done for dissasembly and clenup.

I know I was impressed when GMC Bubba taught us how to do a distributor rebuild, I had all the tools to do it in my shop already.
Thanks

 

If you use new coils to re***emble, they will curve to the barrell as you put them in and the tension keeps them from moving. If that makes sense to you.
When you reuse old coils you sometimes need to shim the back side of the coil because they have been bent too much and are loose against the shoe and barrel. You can use thin cardboard to shim behind the coils to put pressure on them so the coil is not floppy. Don't shim under the shoe.
Loose coils will eat away the insulation and short to the case. not good.

Frank

 

Is the shoe the metal piece that sits inside the coil. held in with the screws around the prerimeter that really didn't want to come out?