Update to this post. Do not buy the Mini-starter from this place! It is junk and I won’t use it.
It would not disengage from the flywheel. They said shim it. We shimmed it and it still didnt work (awful sound!) they said shim it up to 8mm! Umm no thanks. To me if you have to shim something that much, there was zero care into putting this together. And their 100% satisfaction guarantee is nonexistent! They will not let me return it. ****’s
I’m still very thankful to Slantsixdan on all the knowledge he shared here!
And it looks like he is still correct in saying nobody makes a mini-starter to replace the direct drive starter. So my search continues.