Ok, dumb question and possibly a dumb answer; I don't have my car at the
office to look before I post this response, so bear this in mind.
I'm guessing that you have either the ring gear on backwards, or you have
the starter bolted up wrong, or you have an electrical problem that limits
the amount of volts / amps you can use at the starter.
Ring gear: I've heard of other cars where a shop or owner puts the ring
gear on backwards. This means that the portion of the teeth that is "open"
to allow for the starter pinion gear to mesh with the ring gear are facing
backwards rather than forwards.
Starter bolted up incorrectly: I lean toward this one because you say you
have changed and or unbolted the starter - of course I also assume you had
this problem prior to bolting up the replacement starter, but you may also
have unbolted the original starter as well. My premise (and you have to
check the book because I don't have my manuals or my car here at work), is
that you have bolted the starter either too far forward or too far backward.
The starter can be bolted up correctly and incorrectly, depending on whether
you slid the pinion gear side of the starter in the bolt-up ring, or whether
you slid the back of the starter through the bolt-up ring. One is correct,
and the other isn't. Check the manual for correct placement.
Electrical: Lastly, if the first two items are not a problem, then this
must be assumed. Is your starter drawing the proper volts and amps? Dan
Masters is probably the best person to address this issue.
Good luck!! Let us know what you find.
Eric Conrad
'76 TR6 (CF52678U)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of R. Ashford Little II
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 2:33 PM
To: Dan Masters
Cc: 6-Pack; Triumphs@autox. Net
Subject: Looks like I'm stumped
Dan, we met at the SEVTR last fall, and it was a pleasure to meet and
greet you at that time. You were also kind enough to spend a few
minutes with me on an issue I'm having with my starter. I'll try to be
brief, but basically the issue remains.
Problem: Occasional starter grinding
Things done in past: 1) replaced ring gear that was backing off
flywheel
2) replaced starter with high
torque variety from TSI
3) main ground appears to be in
good shape
Last thing I suspected: I believed I had pretty much eliminated all
possible areas except a possible faulty ignition switch or wire.
Things I did yesterday: I was adjusting my valves and using a remote
starter. It dawned on me that I was bypassing the ignition switch. So
now I'm left with no more ideas as to what the problem might be.
It has been suggested by another list member that my starter may, for
some reason, be slightly out of alignment or too close to the flywheel.
He suggested that I loosen the nuts a few turns to see if this makes any
difference. That has not been tried yet. But aside from this fix, what
may be the issue, are there other areas that I should look to?
Stumped in Atlanta,
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
/// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list
/// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|