glad it's fixed!
i had a couple of rebuilt starters where the rebuilders just put new nose bushings into a terribly worn housing; the armature was actually cocking to one side and binding under load. two of them like this bench-tested fine, but cranked super-slow, got hot etc. only upon close exam was it clear that the casting up at the tip, that fits into the bellhousing hole, was so worn as to allow the armature to cock at an angle.
i guess cores are getting crappier and crappier and rebuilders going for lowest cost. what else is new.
