Umm, they are the first thing put in basically. You have to start at
the other end and work your way to them. You might want to get some new
brushes to put in while you are in there. They are about $15.00.

I use WD40 to clean the junk out of starters, but that is for mud in the
brushes and bushings. I don't know if it would touch a rusty bendix. I
would use a good penetrating oil on it or maybe soak the nose of the
starter in kerosene or something.

Mike
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ed wrote:
>
> I have a with an external remote solenoid which I need to remove the Bendix
> Assembly from. The Bendix assembly is not moving freely and I suspect heavy
> rust under the clutch mechanism. How on earth does the Bendix come off?