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Originally Posted by Clan
The "fat" starter is superb quality with field coils and interchangeable , The "slim" one is a glorified wiper motor , cost cutting ... it is a high rpm motor so geared down with an epicyclic geartrain , which makes it sound terrible ,... !
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Agreed that the older, fatter starter is proper Bosch quality, the later one with the red. drive is still a good starter and can you imagine having a 1.4kW wiper motor?
It's just a different way of doing the same job and yes, the reduction drives (epicyclic geraboxes if you prefer) do wear, particularly the bush in the centre of them but they still do the job well despite being noisy when worn.