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Starter doesn't always engage...

Posted By: slowpoke

Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/21/12 04:17 AM

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?
Posted By: Dodgeguy101

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/21/12 03:51 PM

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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.
Posted By: RapidRobert

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/21/12 04:34 PM

What Dodge said, get a slight bit more seperation between the teeth
Posted By: slowpoke

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/21/12 10:22 PM

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?
Posted By: Rick_Ehrenberg

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/21/12 10:50 PM

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
Posted By: slowpoke

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/21/12 11:19 PM

OEM 4 spd bell housing...
Posted By: Dodgeguy101

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/22/12 02:37 AM

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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.
Posted By: Dodgeguy101

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/22/12 02:38 AM

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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.
Posted By: slowpoke

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/22/12 04:13 AM

Sorry I'm not sure I follow?
Posted By: slowpoke

Re: Starter doesn't always engage... - 02/22/12 04:18 AM

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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