Bent starter motor armature

[Stuart Giles]

Should be quite possible to straighten it. I have done a couple of starter motors and the odd bent halfshaft in a hydraulic press. This is a 1950s Lucas starter motor that I did a few years ago. mounting the starter's spindle in a couple of vee blocks will allow you to set the convex area of the bend at the top, then using the press along with a dial guage, it soon allows you to judge how much natural spring there is in the spindle and how to compensate for it by going just past the point of elasticity with the press ram.