starter rebuild

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by yaris9876

its sticking a little bit... I assumed it was a spring that pulls the gear back off the mechanism
after you let go of the key...Is it a clutch type thing nowadays??? I asked a starter guy
and he said replace the spring and 2 contacts ... he said he had seen some of these...

The starter does have a clutch. The starter solenoid (or magnet switch as the manual calls it) does have a return spring. It is the smaller cylindrical part piggybacked on the starter. That could be the spring that he's talking about. If it is weak or the plunger's rusty that could cause the starter to stay engaged for longer than it should.