Starter Motor Mounts

[paulyb]

Finally got around to replacing my sluggish starter with a new one from Brise.

Having problems getting it to work though ☹️

Has anyone here fitted the Brise starter to a K series car?

Caterham appear to have two starter motor spacers, one for Rover K series, the other for a Bosch starter 2003 onwards. Anyone know what the difference is?

My car is a 2002 so I'm assuming I have the former, but when the starter spins it merely rubs against the front face of the flywheel rather than engaging the ring gear and turning the engine.

I'm wondering whether I need to swap spacers as all else seems to be functioning correctly?

[Johnty Lyons]

You need the thicker spacer the dog isnt coming far enough fwd to engage I had to use washers on one car i had in wshop I'm also not sure all the Brise are the same as it all seems a bit hit or miss

[paulyb]

Thanks Johnty - in my case miss

I'm was assuming though that if the starter isnt engaging I'd need the thinner mount so it is closer to the flywheel to start with?

[andymal]

I recommend you measure the distance from each mounting point to the pinion for your original starter motor and the Brise. There is a thread in the archives from May or June last year regarding this and a number of cars that have non-standard positioning.

[Johnty Lyons]

NO the started goes in past flywheel [unless my senility is taking over] and pinion is pulled back into mesh with ring gear from behind.Your making me doubt myself now. 😬