I had the opposite problem. The starter was making electrical contact
before the gear had a chance to engage the flywheel, thus spinning without
turning the flywheel. If that's the case, you may be able to adjust the
electrical contact so that the starter turns after the starter gear travels
farther down the shaft.
Joe
50 3100
At 10:45 AM 5/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
>There are several starter/flywheel (flexplate) combos and you need a matching
>set-up.
>If you're sure you have a matching combo, the starter may be too close in
>towards the block, and the gear on the end of the shaft (Bendix assy) hits
>the flywheel but doesn't engage. This is quite common and most replacement
>starters will come with shims to manipulate the starter away from the block.
>These are just pieces of metal stock approx 3/4" wide with "U" shaped cut-outs
>to allow sliding in between the starter and block mounting surface. I used
>all the
>supplied shims which came with the rebuilt NAPA starter for my 283 in our 49
>and it still wouldn't engage. I ended up making a thicker one and it's been
>working
>fine for over a year and 1/2. There was some instructions with the starter
>which
>called out the clearance between the starter gear and ring gear (flywheel)
>which
>is checked by manually prying the starter gear out and checking for .015"
>between
>the gears.
>>> I finnely got my 350 into my 52, and today I tryed to turn the engine
>>over,
>>> When I Turn the key the starter spins but sounds like its spining to fast
>>> and not turning the engine over. Does anyone have any Idea what the
>>promblem
>>> could be?
>>>
>
>
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Joe Clark, Southern Appalachian Field Laboratory
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