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Old 10-Sep-2012, 05:31
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Sprag clutch me thinks. Which if you are unaware is really a sort of one way bearing. It grips the inner of the flywheel when the starter is turning then is released when the motor fires. If it is failing to grip then just the starter and not the engine would turn over.
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