Starter grind
#185265
July 17, 2000 08:32 pm UTC
July 17, 2000 08:32 pm UTC
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Calgary, AB, Canada
Sean Costall
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Calgary, AB, Canada
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Hi guys, I've got a bit of a puzzler here. My starter had been acting flaky for about a year now. Mostly, it would grind when I started the car. Sounded pretty bad. I was just living with the problem, but it recently began to crank slowly, in addition to grinding. It once refused to crank at all for a short time. So, I had it replaced last week. The car starts well, but it still has the grinding noise, which I expected to be gone. The mechanics who did the work are usually pretty good. They suspect the flywheel is damaged on my car, with maybe one or two bad spots that are causing the starter to spin against it. I hope that's not true - I've already put a new top end on the engine, and don't want to have to pull the transmission out to replace the flywheel. I'm hoping it's just a bad starter. Is there anything else it could be? If anyone has any information or opinions on this problem, please let me know. Thanks, ------------------ S. 1000 AAQ: 1000q.dsm.org ECU Primer: members.home.net/costall/ECUprimer/index.html
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Re: Starter grind
#185266
July 17, 2000 11:25 pm UTC
July 17, 2000 11:25 pm UTC
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Posts: 7,944
Halifax, NS
Troy Jollimore
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Halifax, NS
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The easiest way to check would be to unattach the starter, remove the plugs, and then turn the crank while looking through the hole to see how the gears on the flywheel look.
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Re: Starter grind
#185267
July 24, 2000 01:51 am UTC
July 24, 2000 01:51 am UTC
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Burlington, ON, CA
Rob Greer
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Burlington, ON, CA
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Hi Sean, It's not too difficult to check the teeth on the flywheel. Jack up the front of the car, remove the inspection cover that goes over the gap between the tranny and engine block and take a look. Turn the engine over with the bolt in the end of the crank to be able the see all of the flywheel. You may find patches of teeth that were machined away by the old starter. If that's the problem the machined teeth will be nice and shiny on their sides. Other possibilities: The new starter is not seated properly in it's hole or the bolts are loose. Good Luck. ------------------ rcgreer@tap.net 92 Laser RS AWD
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