Timberjack 353 starter

[rick f]

Please send pictures along the way.

[Ed_K]

I like the butter knife idea,going into the remember this book.

[treefarmer87]

my c5 is the same way. it isnt the easiest part to take off. like woody said a long extension and a twelve pt socket   

[lumberjack48]

I like the butter knife idea,going into the remember this book.

I had wheel seal leaking on my C5, i was asking my dad how big a job it was to put new seals in.

NO-NO he says we'll try a butter knife first, i shook my head what ever. He went dug in his tool box and comes up with his special made butter knife. He got down, ran the knife around a few times, that should fix it, he said they get a piece of dirt and when it turns cold the seal gets hard and it leaks. [ hes 86 now]

[John Woodworth]

A combination of extensions will get you off, just loosen the lower enough to help you get the upper out and replace the same, on your wheel seal, be sure to get a speedy sleeve as well, it goes over the worn portion of the axle and gives you a new seal surface on the axle.

[madmari]

The original 12 pt bolt had been replaced with a hex-head and could not be removed with a socket. The only way to remove it was to take the starter motor apart while on the skidder. This leaves the starter mounting plate accessable. This worked pretty well, and had to have been the way the starter was put on last time.
  As far as the seal goes, I am going to try Lumberjack 48's trick today and then check the vent. This makes sense as the seal leaked a little some time back and then stopped. All of a sudden it's leaking again; consequently both times it's been during wild temp swings with frozen mud on everything.

  There's alot of knowledge on this forum- what a help! Thank you.

[madmari]

Got the starter rebuilt for $65- new solenoid. Put the bolts back in the right way . 5 degrees this morning, spun and started like summertime. No ether, turned like three rpm and varoom!!! All along I thought the batteries were weak but not so.
  I tried the butterknife trick and cleaned the axle vent on the rear wheel seal. See tommorow morning if that worked- thanks for sharing Lumberjack48 and all those that helped out.

Little victories!!!!