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Mail From: Peterson, Keith (email redacted)

I have run across this problem with rebuilt starter as well - however -
these starters were not the product of any rebuild company. I rebuilt these
myself. The main reasons for the below problems are:

+Loose starting gear (and gear sticking out too far or not far enough) - not
having the actuating fork properly placed on the bendix gear so that the
gear is pushed out (properly?) but not returned/retracted properly. Creating
the below noted problems 1. noise of gear hitting flex plate on
acceleration, and 2. gear extending out too far.

+Gear sticking out too far - the incorrect bendix gear set used in the
rebuild. Correctly assembled the gear sticks out too far but operates
correctly.

_ _ It happens...
Even when you do it yourself. Of course, this happened within the first few
starters I rebuilt.

KPeterson
Denver, CO - 1971, convertible in process...
...little progress.

-----Original Message-----
From: (email redacted) [mailtoemail redacted)]
This sounds very familiar: Suggest you inspect your replacement starter.
We
recently replaced the starter on our '67 289 and had a similar problem.
Traced the problem to the remanufactured starter gear not being mounted
correctly. My son purchased the cheapest remanufactured starter out there
probably -- brand name Unilite - about $33. When we drove the car, we heard

a metal-to-metal noise upon each revolution of the engine. We took off the
Unilite starter and inspected the gear on the starter. It was not held in
place when the starter was not engaged, and had about 3/16" horizontal
travel
due to looseness in the mechanism. This resulted in the starter engaging
OK,
and starting with no noise. But, when you accelerated, the starter gear
slid
back towards the flexplate/gear ring and would hit the gear ring once per
engine revolution.

The solution was to get an Autolite brand starter for about $46, which had
solid control of the starter gear and mechanism. No play at all in the
mechanism. Also, noted that when comparing the Unilite remanufactured
starter with the Autolite, the cheaper starter had the gear mounted about
1/8" further out from the starter's mounting surface than the Autolite
starter. Obviously, it pays to buy a starter from the company that uses the

actual product specs.

Jim W.
1967 GTA fastback
Nightmist Blue

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