🔍 Key Concepts

• Bendix drive (starter drive) is the small gear and overrunning clutch assembly that slides out to engage the engine’s flywheel when the starter is energized. • It is mounted on the starter motor shaft at the drive end, between the motor body and the flywheel/ring gear, not in the field frame or end bells. • In an exploded view, the Bendix drive usually appears as the pinion gear plus its sliding/spiral-spline clutch unit, distinct from plain shafts, housings, and bearings.

💭 Think About

• First, locate in the illustration where the starter motor actually meshes with the engine’s ring gear or flywheel. Which numbered part looks like the sliding pinion gear assembly that would do this job? • Look at the components on the starter shaft near the drive-end housing: which number labels a clustered assembly (gear + clutch) instead of just a support plate, bearing, or plain shaft? • Compare the shapes: which numbered piece has the features of a Bendix drive—gear teeth on the outside and a connection to a helically splined or clutch-type interior—rather than being just a cylindrical motor body or cover plate?

✅ Before You Answer

• Make sure the number you choose is on the starter shaft at the drive end (the end that faces the engine), not on the opposite (commutator) end or the main motor housing. • Confirm that the part you pick actually looks like a pinion gear and clutch assembly, not simply a bearing, spacer, or cover plate. • Verify that the surrounding pieces (adjacent numbers) make sense: one side should be toward the drive-end housing, and the other side toward the starter motor armature/shaft, matching how a Bendix drive is installed.