Ron's right. In fact, they just discussed this in Car Craft or one of those and they mentioned a specific amount of spacing you should try to achieve. I'll try to look it up and repost it.
Karl Groves Master Certified CIW http://www.karlgroves.com Will Work For Parts: http://chevelle.karlcore.com/detail.php?id=3 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Zeppin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:01 PM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Starter problems > > Welcome Judd... Another thing to look at is the clearance > between the flywheel teeth and starter teeth... > If the clearance is too tight, the solenoid will not > disengage...this is a VERY common problem when replacing > starters... I'd just read a couple of articles on this on the > www.chevelles.com forums recently. > All you need to do is pick up the shim at an autoparts > store..they go between the starter and the block, which moves > the started down very slightly and away from the flywheel... > > Ron > > Justin and Belinda Tyree wrote: > > >Hello all. I'm new to the list. I have a 66 Malibu > Convertable with a > >slight problem. I replaced my starter and it worked fine. > I started it up > >3 or 4 times after the installation. Today I went to start > it and the > >started would not disengage. It just kept on trying to > start itself. I'm > >thinking the solinoid. Any thoughts or similar experiences? > > > > > >Thanks > >judd > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
