Kohler MAGNUM M18

SECTION 8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS
6. Install the drive pinion, dust cover spacer, anti-
drift spring, stop gear spacer, stop nut, and dust
cover. Refer to “Starter Drive Service.”
SOLENOID SHIFT ELECTRIC STARTER
This subsection covers the Nippendenso solenoid
shift electric starter. Much of the information in the
preceding subsection relates to this starter, therefore it
is not repeated here. Please use the exploded view
(Figure 8-21) for reference during the disassembly
and assembly procedure.
Operation
When power is applied to the starter, tne electric sole-
noid moves the drive pinion out onto the drive shaft
and into mesh with the flywheel ring gear. When the
Pinion reaches the end of the drive shaft it rotates the
flywheel and cranks the engine.
When the engine starts and the start switch is released
the starter solenoid is deactivated, the drive lever
moves back, and the drive pinion moves out of mesh
with the ring gear into the retracted position.
Starter Removal and Reinstallation
Refer to the engine disassembly and reassembly sec-
tions later in this manual for starter removal and instal-
lation procedures.
Magnet switch
Drive lever
Drive housing
Stop collars
Yoke
Front bushing
Snap ring
End frame
Clutch
Rear bushing
Brush spring
ex
Cover
insulator
Brush holder \
Thru
bolt
Figure 8-21. Exploded View of Nippensenso Solenold Shift Starter.
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