24 years and counting on Western Auto Starter

10th grade auto shop electrical(1983...) you learned to use a " growler", to look for broken circuitry in the armature, turn or sand down armature / brush contact points.. Replace the nose end bushings, in the cone...It works correctly... Nowadays: the one year starters: replace whatever is physically wrongful, spin test it ..There's your 90 day warranty starter... The" lifetime warranty " reman actually did better, than the Chinese new stuff... Always was taught to rebuild, what came off the car.....