Summit Protorque Starter Shims
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 216
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From: Linton Indiana
It depends on what kind of starter you have and if it's been rebuilt. I've been told that you don't need shims if you have a new starter. The one I recently put on my 85 is a brand new mini-starter and I didn't use any shims and it worked just fine. I guess when they rebuild them they remove a slight amount of metal from the mounting surface to true them up, then they require shims.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,043
Likes: 8
From: Tampa Florida
Once you get the car up to a workable height it takes 1 minute to drop the dust shield....and just a few more to unbolt the starter to have a look.....maybe a bit longers if you have long tube headers 
there should be "0" shims on OEM setup.
there should be "0" shims on OEM setup.
