the starter was slipping on my old remington mighty mite. it has the fairbanks-morse kind with which i am familiar from other old saws. i took the cup off to re groove the inside and improve the bite as it was not engaging enough to start it.i cleaned the frction washers too as they put the force on the dogs when they come out.
up to this point i was doing good. then a major case of stupid set in. when i put the cup on i did give it a push and twisted back and forth til it felt seated. put on the washer and nut and proceeded to tighten by hand with a socket and ratchet. it snugged up but didn't get tight so i cranked some more. i should have stopped when i heard this tinkling sound coming from the flywheel. i thought it was the rope piston stop or something but.... at any rate after a few more turns and more crinkling sounds a piece fell on the bench. i had broken the cup by not having the indents on the cup lined up with the bosses for pulling the flywheel...doh. here's a few pics of my carnage and a plea for one of these cups so i can continue to enjoy this old saw, which is about the only one i can start these days. thanks
