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Originally Posted by upallnight
Starter is spinning the bendix that engage the starter to the flywheel is not pushing the gear forward. The solenoid is good or else the starter wouldn't be spinning. Just replace the starter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhdSq4WOaDM |
I can't figure out from OP's description what the actual problem is, but ...
interesting video, but that design is not what I found in the starter on my 2001 3.0i when I took it apart (nothing wrong, mostly for fun, and to tune it up and replace brushes when I had easy access to it). My Bosch starter looks and works more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf6LqYBLljs
which may help in understanding how it is supposed to work, and also what might be wrong.
To be clear, the main difference between the two is that on the Bosch starter, the solenoid - in addition to of course closing the electrical contacts, acting as a relay -
actuates a yoke that pushes the gear toward the flywheel. Very different vs. the interesting
use of rotational inertia and left handed threads on the shaft by that other one.