How To Get The Brushes Back Into Your Briggs Starter 

Simple, but brilliant. The brushes are now back in! The hardest part was finding the 2 paper clips in my house.

Brilliant -- saved me time, money, and sanity (what's left of it). Thanks so much!

This is by far the easiest method to do this. I struggled for about 20 minutes with a small flathead screwdriver and eventually got it. I wish I would have seen your video first & avoid the hastle. Excellent video, thanks!

DUDE YOU ARE A LIFESAVER! Thank you for sharing your skills, knowledge, and tips! 🎉🎉

You have mastered this fitment. Well done ❤

DUDE!!!! I wish i watched this video last night. I had a nightmare of a job trying to do this with small screwdrivers today. i will defo be using this method in the future. you sir are a legend :-)

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you ! Even the quality of the video shooting is really Excellent ! Great job.

Great video and explanation. Already bought a new starter but I will rebuild the old one for a spare. I have two JDs; One is L111 and other a D110. Both look like the same starter. I used to rebuild starters 30 years ago. Now that I'm retired I have the time. Where there is a will there is a way.

Great video. Perfect example of the saying work smart not hard amd the production quality is on point. Best starter video I have seen. Everyone should watch this!!! I would say genius but the wheel trumps you kind sir

That trick using two paper clips is a very nice idea and you make it easier to fix it without any trouble. Thank you very much for the idea.

Wow! I've been fighting this type of installation for years. What a great way to recess the brushes! Thanks!

Just what my husband needed! Perfect. Thank you.

Clearly explained, well filmed - you have saved me a great deal of trouble! Thanks

Brilliant, as noted below. If you're conserving time, bump the playback up to 1.5. It's perfectly understandable. Again, brilliant, and I am soooo thankful I found this!

I was just wanting to move the switch on my model engine hand starter, and, when taking the bolts off, the whole endbell popped off, brushes and all. I was just wondering how would I get the brushes back in place. Thank you for the video. What a great technique!

Excellent, thank you. I spent an hour trying to get the brushes in place manually. Not sure I did it right. I'll try again.

you are awesome!! thankyou!! cause my thumbs and fingers are hurting so bad and im about to throw this starter out my window, damm! this is the hardest thing i ever had to do on a car. im so happy i came on youtube seeking help! you are truly great! and im very much appreciate you teaching me and thanks! my friend!

Hahaha.........coincidently, I was looking for the perfect way the whole afternoon how to do it!!! Thanks bro! Hopefully i'll be able to put back together my scooter starter tomorrow. Thanks again.

Thanks for saving my motor which was about to be launched into outer orbit.. Great Video..Life saver.

I cut a 3 inch by 4 or 5 inch piece of aluminum from a beer can....roll it up the the same diameter as the commutator by wrapping it around it then put a piece of tape right around the bottom where it goes around the commutator, pull it off and manipulate the other end into a funnel shape then tape it put it back on the commutator and slide the brush assy down over it allowing the funnel to spread the magnets open until its over the commutator....they actually sell different sized "commutator brush cones"....that save a lot of hair from being pulled out....but theyre no fun....ya gotta make it man, ya gotta make it....plus it gives you just one more good justifiable reason to keep some bud light around the house

YOU"RE the most beautiful part of this whole thing!! You are a BLESSING! Thank you!

That was excellent and thank you for posting this video. I had to do this before seeing this video and I had to ask my neighbour to come and help me. We had a difficult time. Your presentation was 5 stars*****.

Hi buddy. Thanks for this. Really simple solution. My husband had been trying all morning to get the darn thing together and then I found this video. He had it together in a few minutes. He was complaining cause he wanted you to hurry up and show him. I gave him a beer and he was fine. Lol. So thanks again.

When I first saw this, I laughed at it. But, after fighting with it, I did it exactly as shown and worked great! Thanks.

I just rebuilt mine, and I used zip ties to stick through in front of the brushes through the top of the cap and when I put it on I was able to just pull out the zip ties, good video!

Absolutely simple and well explained...great job, saved me some $$...Thank you, sir!

Thanks mate from Aus, you have saved me some stress!

Excellent, I have serviced several, several starters over the years. As far as comments of being long winded I wonder how dam long they fought with it before finding this perfect video. Great job on your first video. One thing i did was grab the first thing I saw to get the radius in clips, a hammer head. Lol. Thanks!

Thank you. I spent 3 hours and got nowhere. Now with your advice it took 15 minutes. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊💯💯💯💯💯

Glad to see that it worked for you. For me, in effort to find a paper clip of sufficient dia. to hold the spring loaded contact in place, I broke a piece of plastic off the cap. Game over as that piece of plastic was the bottom guide for the spring. So a trip to the parts shop, and a 38 dollar charge to the old debit card, and problem solved. New bottom cap (unfortunately still made of plastic) with new brushes, with the retainer clips for the contacts already in place. Oil the bushing and armature shaft, slide it on, insert and start the bolts, then pull the retainer clips. SAVE THE RETAINER CLIPS... in case you have to do this again. Thanks for the video... it was worth a shot... and I am sure others have had better experience with this process. Side note: the guy at the parts store commended me in that, minus the spring slide piece of plastic, my cap was in one piece. Evidently 60 seconds with a framing hammer seems to be the preferred method of surrender. Just wanted to share that.

Thank You. That is thinking outside the box. I never even thought of that. My thought was a Brass insert. So, Thank You again.👍👍

I too have used the 4 individual retainer stick, pick, screwdriver, wire method. Now I have another custom tool for futures services. It's a simple job that saves money, before I always dreaded it for the brushes PITA. I often come up with tricks myself, why that never dawned on me IDK. Thanks again.

Wow, that was amazing. I was afraid to take the back plate off my snowblower starter, but not anymore. Thanks! I have an excessively long power cord coming from the starter to the switch box, which I’d like to shorten, and I needed to see how the cord was attached in there. Great explanation, and the clarity of the video was very helpful. Just subcribed, too!

THANK YOU!!!! this saved me from losing my cool and taking a sledgehammer to my mower 😏🤯🙋🏿‍♂️

Thank you, thank you, this video made my day, thanks again

Just watched your video. I used some stiff wire. Didn't have paper clips. Works like a charm! Thanks

Ok then ...got er done your way... worked pretty slick... not nearly as quick as you.... but knew from your video it would work... so... back together now... Thanks again

I do the same thing but with windshield wiper metal. I save everything metal and the metal that comes with wipers work great. It's more flat and "springy".

Great! Took me a couple minutes to reassemble after watching your video. (A little long winded). Thanks so much.

As a grandfather, I hear a baby in the background of your video. What a wonderful thing, to have a precious baby to care for.

Okay, a simpler way to hold the 4 springs/brushes in place is to use some very long thin lengths of plant twist tie wire (thin, green coated wire available on Amazon). Cut an extra long length of wire for each brush. Thread the wire thru housing, hold in place with finger tip while pulling it tight against butt end of brush with other hand. Twist it tight to compress brush and spring. Do this with each of the 4 brushes. Then position unit and slide commutator back in place. Once it's all together you can cut each twist tie and pull it free. The plant twist tie wire was thin enough to allow for clearance. No camera when I did mine, but it worked, ...and my Tecumseh snow blower starter motor is good to go.

Thank you! I just got done with mine. I might have been out there for days.!!!!!!

Thank you. Simplifies only having 2 hands for this job

Saved me a new starter

Nice Job Dax. Easy to follow and thorough. Cheers! Zip~

Man your video is awesome. You have just saved my pain in the ass. Thanks.

my starter brush holder didn't have the holes. I found that a short 3/4" pvc pipe worked perfectly. It fit the hold just right. I pushed the pipe in gradually while pushing the bushing back with my finger. The armature fit in just right and pushed the pipe out at the same time. Very easy

Most excellent hack. Thank you!

O U S T A N D I N G! Answer to a prayer. Thanks a lot.

Thank you soo much I was so close just to buying a new starter

Worked great Once I found some wire that would work it took about 15 minutes. Thank you

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing this.

Now gentlemen, it's my turn to deal with these cursed things. See you in Valhalla!!

Brilliant, simle video, worth the time to watch the whole thing. Thanks..

Beautiful man just simply Beautiful. Thanks for that education tip.

Fantastic information. Well done. Thank you.

Great vid for a frustrating issue. How about putting in the wires before you pull the brush holder out ? Thanks for making life easier.

I was trying towork it out. Brilliant

I just did mine. I held them in with 4 finishing nails then sat the assembly in place and carefully pulled them out one at a time while pressing down

Very detailed...I could always get three in place...the fourth ... well shit... I'll give this whirl tomorrow...Thanks man...

Smart move. Thanks

Awesome Dude 👍👍👍

Excellent! Thank you.

Great video I've done similar with tooth picks and paper clips as well and it is a pain doing this by hand but it can be done with a seal pick. 😁

I love it! Thanks for showing this!!

Nice info. thanks for your effort.

Great video. Saved me lots of time. Wish I would have watched it an hour earlier. LOL

Brilliant!! Thank you!

You are very smart 🧠 thank you for the great video.

Thank-you...Thank-you...THANK-YOU

Brilliant tutorial and I thank you for superb teaching skills. My vovlo 240 wiper motor does not have holes for the clips. Any suggestions by you or other viewers appreciated on how to hold the 3 brushes back?

Works like a dream

Thx,,,I would have had trouble getting it back together without the clips

We have a rewind button. Haha.

Thanks for your help

Good and simple...using you head for more than just keeping your ears apart, as the say where I am coming from.

Thank you!

Damn kinda wish I saw this before I sent mine to get rebuilt lol

Socket or pill bottle lid works as well.😮

Absolutely excellent! TY Liked it.

Thank you 🙏 very much

You can use toothpicks instead of the metal clips if that is all you have laying around.

thank you for the demo.

All you need is 4 Tooth Picks. I have the EASY How To Video if anyone needs it, ask!

4 thumb tacks are all ive ever used. Seems a lot quicker and easier then this

Very clever.Thank you.

Thanks for the vid

great video thank you so much JEZ

Brilliant

Thanks, now I'm going to take mine apart.

Paperclips? I'll have to go out and buy some as I haven't used any for years.

i have a sawmill-BS Vanguard motor-starter looks very similar-thought i was screwed-you saved the day-THANK U!

sooooooooooo helpful and super EZ thanks

i ground down a black plastic pipe to fit in the opening and hold the brushes open. i think i will try your method instead. as soon as i find my lost spring.

nice! thanks

nice skills - didn't need 18.40 to show & tell

Nicely done!

Use an Ice cube to hold them back until you get them over the commutator. Then let the cube melt and push it on the rest of the way.

Thank you so much