[V8] Starter Question

[Buchholz, Steven]

Agreed!

On the starter I pulled from #2 I found the Bendix assembly had worn to the point where the drive gear could poke out and into the flywheel.  I think MT cars may be a bit more forgiving, but I do see some wear on the face of the flywheel ... 

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> Repair it YESTERDAY.  I did a "CSI" of why V8Q #1 got the Alfred E Neuman
> syndrome http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/EngineTool.html , and traced
> it back to a bad starter.
> 
> Here is part of the original post:
> 
> The culprit seems to have been the starter!  I took the starter to a
> re builder, and he showed me the huge amount of distance between the hole
> of the bendix teeth and the shaft.  According to him, this play could
> cause enough of a cocked mating to the flex plate teeth to take chunks
> off of them.  I'd never seen this before in a V8Q, but, I always seem to
> be that guy hits all lotteries with the ridiculous odds...only the prizes
> suck. ;-)"