starter grinding
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From: Livingston TN
starter grinding
well I have 69,000 on the clock and the starter would grind every now and then. I searched this forum and found a few post, so I changed the starter. The starter had a broken mount flange on the inboard side. the previous owner had a delco reman installed at 39,000 miles. I found a couple of teeth on the flywheel missing . will this hurt anything?
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: St Louis MO
If, when you turn off the motor, that section of flywheel missing teeth stops at the starter shaft you may find it hard to start the car or won't start at all. If there are no teeth in the area of the starter gear there is nothing to engage. If you are missing random teeth on the flywheel, you will eventually tear up the starter gear. Who's to say how long that will take though.
At any rate, you risk being stranded at any given time.
At any rate, you risk being stranded at any given time.
Last edited by PierEagle; Mar 1, 2007 at 02:00 AM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Farmington CT
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that's a cool avatar, we used to run in the hush house at Luke AFB, the best AB runs where at night outside on the trim pad, that is intense
fw? I'd replace the fw, never seen missing teeth on these
fw? I'd replace the fw, never seen missing teeth on these
Le Mans Master
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From: Phoenix AZ
If you find yourself stuck with it grinding on the spot with no teeth, just push the car a few feet and jump in and put it in 3rd and let out the clutch. That should bump the motor a few teeth past the bad spot.
