On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 20:59 -0500, Mark E. Skeels wrote:
> Report part 2:
> 
> I took the motor apart; you may see images at:
> 
> http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z94/mskeels/
> 
> The bearing doesn't feel as smooth as the new one, but at the same time 
> it isn't really bound up either.
> 
> Every once in a while it makes a soft "eerk" sound when rotated by hand.
> 
>     * Can you tell me how to get it further apart?
>     * Can you tell me how and with what to lubricate it?

By the sounds of it the bearing is shot.

Bearings like that aren't meant to be lubricated later in life, they are
lubricated at manufacture and that's it.

If it's not turning "as smooth as a new one" it's done. The torque and
other forces involved in a starter motor will amplify any imperfection
in the bearings.

TTYL

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