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Changing the brushes: is there a trick I should know?

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Following the starter trouble on my 582, I followed "nlappos" advice and opened the firwall to acceed the back of the starter. After removing the rear cover, I could remove the brushes holder and confirm that the "+" side brush was totally worn. I had ordred an received the replacement parts,

Now the hard side: I did not yet success to replace the brushes, because if I put the brushes holder in place first (manually compressing the springs to put the brushes in place on the collector) I am not able to put in place the rear cover, because i should blind mount the + terminal thru the cover.  Conversely, if I mount first the brush hoder in the cover, I am not able to compress the springs to put the brushes on the collector!

Has someone a trick I could use?

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Would it be easier on the bench if you removed the entire starter first?

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At long last I succeded to replace the brushes on the starter in place!:rolleyes:

For those who want  to do the same, the proces is:

  • install the + brush on the brush holder
  • Put in place the brush holder on the collector, take care of correctly aligning the notch on the stator.
  • Ask a friend to take the holder in place with the tip of a screwdriver
  • Put in place the starter cover on the + terminal (dont forget to put the insulator plate first)
  • Put in place the starter cover (correctly align the notch )
  • Reconnect the "+" cable
  • put in place the firewall patch
  • Start the motor and enjoy the flight :P
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