Quote Originally Posted by DennyW View Post
Hey...hand me those Channel Locks....
Bendix, over running, self engaging, starter drive.
A self-engaging Starter drive gear, the gear moves into engagement when the Starter starts spinning and automatically disengages when the starter stops.

There are many drives out now. But, yes, there is a Bendix drive still yet.
Forgive me for my slip in liguistics, bendix is a term that was most commonly applied to the earlier bendix drive with a spring, like the Y block Fords use and I am unaware of any new automobile having used one in the last few decades, but that doesn't mean much. The spiral cut shaft type was technically a Bendix Folo-Thru drive and became more commonly referred to as just a starter drive in any local which I have had the privilage of spinning wrenches. A few old, old farmers still call them bendix.

But that doesn't help anything here
You have to do the voltage drop test while cranking, or starter engaged. And when you test the positive side you have to be on the posative terminal and the posative post on the starter, did I not word this correctly before? It is harder to explain than it is to do.