JD 60 Starter removal?

Willyr · Post by **Willyr** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:53 pm

So I realize I must undo my battery cable and unwind it so that the cable can provide some slack when I lower the starter. Also the foot lever has been unpinned to let the pull shaft come out with the starter. The plate has been removed from the underside of the tractor.

I was hoping I could read about the rest of the removal. So I opened my useless I&T shop manual and found it was even more useless by declaring "if your starter doesnt work, it needs to be removed". Well yeah! But there is no info on it. What a terrible publication!

When I have the money I will probably try to buy one of those $40 manuals I see on Ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Deer-60-Se ... 58935d5747

So what I need to know is, how the frick am I supposed to get this silly thing out?

Suggestions please, preferably some one that has removed one. And yes I realize it means getting dirty and items require unbolting. HAHA very funny. Grin

Willyr · Post by **Willyr** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:22 pm

silly me, I actually got second, never thought to read the ribbon till now.

drummer · Post by **drummer** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:24 pm

I've got a 1955 JD 60 vegetable tractor with the same set up. I've also have the JD service manual but its at work. Will let you know tomorrow night what it says. stay tuned. Drummer

Post by **Lavoy** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:31 pm

Boy, I don't remember it being that much work. I think I had to pull the flywheel cover off to get at the bolts, unhooked the starter rod, took off the battery cable, then unbolted the starter and took it out. Been a lot of years since I did it, but just don't remember anything bad about it.
Lavoy

Willyr · Post by **Willyr** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:37 am

Well the fellow whom owned this tractor before me must have had it out. Starter looks very clean with light rust on it. However, the starter mechanism that bolts to the top of the starter looks older than the starter. I looked a starter up on ebay and found mine does not have the preformed copper do-dad, that instead mine the wire from the battery connects directly to the starter. The former owner must be internet illiterate as he said he could not find parts.

When I took the switch off the top of the starter I found that the rectangle that the button pushes is no longer rectangular and the button no longer pushes in the middle of that copper plate. As in it is so badly worn on the starter side from cranking, there is 0.125" missing from the copper.

I am really surprised at his difficulty to find the switch. As my local NAPA sells it still!

Post by **Lavoy** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:15 am

Don't feel bad, I had a guy standing in my shop one day commenting to a friend of mine that he was talking to that he "didn't know where he could find crawler parts." Boy does that make a guy feel good, should have thrown the prick out.
To top it off, at the time, we were working on my new 420 that had just come in from South Africa. So here I am working on a crawler from 15,000 miles away, standing in a shop full of crawler parts, and the idiot still could not find out where to get crawler parts.
Lavoy

shinnery · Post by **shinnery** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:01 pm

Lavoy, if you wanted, I feel sure Willy could post a list of places on the internet a person could find "Crawler Parts". Heh heh heh LOL!
Bryce

JD440ICD2006 · Post by **JD440ICD2006** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:35 pm

I have taken a few 60 starters out, the only thing that held it up was when I forgot to move the cable.
I am wondering if the starter in there is an original Delco Remy for the 60 or a replacement?

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