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Starter doesn't always engage... #1183212 02/21/12 12:17 AM 02/21/12 12:17 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy S slowpoke OP enthusiast
slowpoke OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy	Brand new Jegs starter on my big block doesn't always engage. I have a thin shim on it and hope this is this is the problem but am not real confident. Anyone else have any experience with these starters?

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: slowpoke] #1183213 02/21/12 11:51 AM 02/21/12 11:51 AM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 632 MD-USA D Dodgeguy101 mopar
Dodgeguy101 mopar D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 632 MD-USA	Quote: Brand new Jegs starter on my big block doesn't always engage. I have a thin shim on it and hope this is this is the problem but am not real confident. Anyone else have any experience with these starters? Did you by chance use studs to bolt it on? Just throwing that out there, I did and the starter would sometimes not engage. Changed one of the studs to a bolt, moved the starter away from the block, only a hair, but it works fine now.

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: slowpoke] #1183214 02/21/12 12:34 PM 02/21/12 12:34 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	What Dodge said, get a slight bit more seperation between the teeth live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: RapidRobert] #1183215 02/21/12 06:22 PM 02/21/12 06:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy S slowpoke OP enthusiast
slowpoke OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy	Both are bolts...it is shimmed a bit. If I hit the starter 6 times onetime it will spin and/or just nick the flywheel a bit. Am thinking I'll remove the shim, but don't think it will do any good. Don't know why it'll do it intermittently?

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: slowpoke] #1183216 02/21/12 06:50 PM 02/21/12 06:50 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,688 Marlboro, NY, USA R Rick_Ehrenberg top fuel
Rick_Ehrenberg top fuel R Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,688 Marlboro, NY, USA	Is this an OEM clutch housing or TorqueFlite? A lot of the aftermarket scattershields don't properly pilot the starter nose, causing this. You can "wiggle" the starter outboard a bit to make it work, but a non-piloted starter is long-term trouble. There is NO shim on a Mopar. That's a seal. Rick

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: Rick_Ehrenberg] #1183217 02/21/12 07:19 PM 02/21/12 07:19 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy S slowpoke OP enthusiast
slowpoke OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy	OEM 4 spd bell housing...

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: slowpoke] #1183218 02/21/12 10:37 PM 02/21/12 10:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 632 MD-USA D Dodgeguy101 mopar
Dodgeguy101 mopar D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 632 MD-USA	Quote: OEM 4 spd bell housing... File a starter mounting hole out a little bit on the one side, I mean little, and hold the starter away from the engine while you tighten it up.

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: Dodgeguy101] #1183219 02/21/12 10:38 PM 02/21/12 10:38 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 632 MD-USA D Dodgeguy101 mopar
Dodgeguy101 mopar D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 632 MD-USA	Quote: Quote: OEM 4 spd bell housing... File a starter mounting hole out a little bit on the one side, I mean little, and hold the starter away from the engine while you tighten it up. Or spray some WD 40 on the flywheel teeth and see what happens.

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: Dodgeguy101] #1183220 02/22/12 12:13 AM 02/22/12 12:13 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy S slowpoke OP enthusiast
slowpoke OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy	Sorry I'm not sure I follow?

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... [Re: slowpoke] #1183221 02/22/12 12:18 AM 02/22/12 12:18 AM
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slowpoke OP enthusiast S Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 344 Near Indy	Never mind I reread your post and it makes sense to me now...so you think it's too close to the block, correct?

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