Starter problems I made doing something dumb!

Elbi · 06-14-2008, 08:43 PM

Ok I'm no starter expert and I've never actually rebuilt one but.....sounds like your starter iiiis TOAST...lol. But seriously, I highly doubt you knocked any teeth off the flywheel, that would have to be the starter from hell to manage that one. It sounds to me like you just overpowered the starter by forcing it to move too much weight. Whatever it is that powers the gear has probably broken off of it or something like that and is now spinning by itself. Either that or you managed to grind the teeth down either on the starter gear or your flywheel but it doesn't sound by what you wrote that the starter grinded. Hopefully somebody with the correct terms can input on this.

06-14-2008, 08:43 PM	#1
Elbi The Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Ok I'm no starter expert and I've never actually rebuilt one but.....sounds like your starter iiiis TOAST...lol. But seriously, I highly doubt you knocked any teeth off the flywheel, that would have to be the starter from hell to manage that one. It sounds to me like you just overpowered the starter by forcing it to move too much weight. Whatever it is that powers the gear has probably broken off of it or something like that and is now spinning by itself. Either that or you managed to grind the teeth down either on the starter gear or your flywheel but it doesn't sound by what you wrote that the starter grinded. Hopefully somebody with the correct terms can input on this.