I've had a lot of both, and overall I prefer the modern bendix drive starter and flywheel stator charging system. I have had less issues with the later system and more with the starter/generator tractors. The later system is much easier to troubleshoot, and the starters can usually be rebuild with some cleaning and a $10 brush kit.
I doubt those $90 replacement starter/generators are very high quality. For $120 or so you can put a new armature and field coils in a Delco S/G and have comparable quality to the S/G that was originally installed on the tractor.
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