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George, Yes, you can adapt most anything to most anything. I just decided to tackle another problem and accept the weight of the Mazda starter. Of course, there's nothing keeping me from taking on the lighweight starter project later on down the road. For now, I'm having too much fun flying my rotary.
Mark S. On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:48 PM, George Lendich <lendich@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
Mark,
I missed the photo, as I do sometimes. Your
right about the mounting. I would probably just have a spacer for depth
adjustment of the starter and another plate to support the snout of the
starter. Possibly bolted through the same holes. Anything can be
done.
You might notice I have eyebrow stand offs to
support the starter on my bellhousing, which are more than sufficient. These
stand offs are made high to accommodate different length of
starters.
George ( down under)
George, My comments were a little "tongue-in-cheek". If
you look at the 2nd picture that Michael sent (the one I referred to in my
previous posting), you can see that the adapter plate has been cut to allow
the starter to be slipped in from the side. Normally, you will find
starters fastened from the other side. On my application, I had spent
much time and effort to build a new adapter plate in order to relocate the
starter to the 9 o'clock position. I didn't want to cut it up to fit a
starter that I wasn't sure would spin a 20B. Besides, I believe the
starter is designed to have the load carried by the starter casting around the
large mounting hole, not the two mounting bolt ears. So, I decided to go
ahead and pay the weight penalty and use the stock Mazda starter.
However, I would be interested to hear if someone has used the ND starter on a
20B. Mark
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 8:29 PM, George Lendich <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
wrote:
Mark,
Haven't seen the picture, but I've gone from
needing to have exactly the right amount of stand off for the starter motor
to realizing you can mount just about anything to anything provided the
gears mesh and it has sufficient sizing - torque, power sun
gear.
The starter snout is probably put into the hole
and supported by an appropriate internal spacer, which is itself bolted
to the plate.
Just a matter of imagination
George (down under)
Michael,
I bought one of the ND starters and didn't use it because the snout
was too short to reach the ring gear. If you notice the picture
titled "Surpluscenter dot com12VDC NIPPENSENSO.jpg", you'll see that the
starter is mounted on the inside of the adapter plate. My guess is
this was done to get the starter gear to mesh with the flywheel ring
gear. Maybe I should try mounting mine that way too. Only
problem might be getting the big end through the little hole.
Mark S.
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