Section 11 (Starting System): Overhaul: Starter
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 1996 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight and 1996 Buick Park Avenue. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
CAUTION:
DO NOT clean starter in degreasing tank or with grease dissolving solvents. This will remove lubricant from clutch mechanism, and damage insulation on armature and field coil.
Starter motors do not require lubrication, except during overhaul. Roll-type overrunning clutch requires no lubrication. Drive assembly, however, should be wiped clean and lubricated with silicon grease on shaft, underneath overrunning clutch assembly. See Figure and Figure.
NOTE:
On PG260 starter motor, starter and solenoid are not overhauled and are replaced as a complete assembly.