The MB/GPW and CJ2A startingmotor
Grease and dirt on the Bendix drive prevents
it from beeing thrown into the fly wheel ring gear.
Sometimes the Bendix spring is broken and the cog wheel damaged. If so
the fly wheel ring gear can be very damaged too. This drive gear had to
be discarded. It was too damaged.
The complete Bendix gear is still possible to buy as a complete unit.
The armature must be machined in a lathe and new brushes must be installed.
The CJ3A starting motor is of a different type.
Instead of beeing thrown into flywheel ring gear (the MB/GPW and CJ2A)
it is mecanically forced into the gear. This is good for the starting
motor and the ring gear.
It is possible to use a CJ3A starting motor in a CJ2A but then you must
change both the fly wheel ring gear and the bell house.
Copyright: Lars Svensson
Drive gear for a CJ3A starting motor