..just in case any of you guys' starter has quit, i finally got around to investigating what was wrong wih mine...
..since i had one on that junker Marshin I bought, i thought that maybe it would work on my A50..
..the output shaft's were of different length, so I opened my starter to see what i could swap out..
..I found that the two magnets had broken free of the outer casing..
..this was the "squalling, screeching" sound i would here when trying to start...
..so I used the casing from the Marshin, and the armature assembly from mine and i now have my pushbutton start again..
..i'd forgotten how nice that is...lol..
peace