hey guys, I followed the DIY article for servicing the starter motor, took it all apart, greased pretty much everything but now I made it worse, it is actually screaming even worse.

The only parts I did not grease was the main motor all around(in red in the picture I borrowed from my fellow greek who wrote the DIY), the one that goes round.  However I did put grease at the very top of it and the very bottom too to the thing that looks like a gear.  Put grease to the other housing that is white and it has gears in it.

 

any thoughts where this noise come from and how I could tackle it?

 

 

Buy a new one it'll keep coming get back.

Did you lubricate the shaft that extends out of the motor?

 

I did exactly the same once, stripped it all down and lubricated and it was still the same. I then removed it again and sprayed some light lube on the geared shaft by pulling it out manually and all was well.

 

Don't put anything on the rotor or commutator or you will be in bother

Edited 15 October, 20169 yr by SuperbTWM

apart from the red in the picture everything else in the shaft was greased and I pulled back the fixed shaft at the very front of the casing and greased that too.  The noise is much shorter but louder and sharp. Today it did not do it... lets see.  

Did you change the bush in the front housing or just grease and clean it?, as that is the usual root cause of the squeal.

i'm interested in this thread as I have the same problem but not as bad. I've bought a bush (Bosch 1 000 390 004) which is about 25 mm in diameter, does that sound about right? Is it just a matter of removing all the internals to get at the bush which I assume will be at the bottom of the housing?

hm, I did not go anywhere near that part.  I guess I should just buy one for £5 and then grease it and change it.  We are talking about the one in the pic below, right?

This thread used to be the go to one for this problem - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/251284-diy-fixing-noisy-starter-motor-for-good/?hl=starter#entry2985421

https://www.drive2.com/l/3010505/

 

Ordered part on ebay for £4

Is that just the bush or the seal as well if you don't mind me asking?.

 

That translation takes some creative thinking to see what they mean in context,   good spot though, useful stuff in there. A similar thing is on VW Vortex.

I think its just the bush.  It is pretty bad isnt it.

 

Also spotted this for £30

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361160451455?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT