Valeo Starter Motor Rebuild

[Garry H]

Had my first starter motor failure not long ago
It just jammed up and stopped working...Without warning

So time for a rebuild and this is how i did it

Took the old unit apart to find this

A loose magnet and a slightly damaged armature

After a bit of research i found out that the motor off some of the small engined Citroen's and Peugeot's is very simular

Because i could get one trade i used a recon unit instead of a second hand one as a donor

This is what it looked like

The old unit stripped down

I took the new unit apart to see how they compared inside

And to my surprise the motor section was exactly the same. There was even an improvement in the magnet attachment with some metal strips fitted to help keep the magnets in place

The solenoid clutch reduction box assembly looked the same too..

The gear that engages with the ring gear had the same diameter and the same amount of teeth but was a tad shorter ( i think theres a good chance it would be fine too )

You can strip it down and just change the gear

But because my motor was working perfect before the magnet fell off i decieded to rebuild it and only change the motor

The finished item

Less than half the price of a Motorworks recon unit
and if you can find a secondhand unit cheap you could repair you origonal for very little

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Nice one, thanks for that!

 

[DrFarkoff]

These units are modular and usually only need the front drive housing changed BUT

They are directional so you need to know which way it mounts and which way it turns

 

[(RIP) pastyman]

I did mine a few weeks ago and posted pics of the rebuild, using one from a scrappy. £5. I also used the original front section and gear. no probs since.


Are we getting tight or just clever