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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 02:32 PM
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Can anyone tell me way my car is eating starters
Have replaced the starter 3 times last month and now it is out again. They work for a while but after a couple of weeks the teeth will not fully engage the fly wheel. Any advice is appreciated
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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Any pic's of the starter bendix? It sounds like your flywheel is chewing up the teeth on the starter. Does the starter engauge fully off the vehicle?
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 03:07 PM
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No dont have any pics the starter does engage fully off the car but the flywheel was replaced two weeks ago when i replaced the starter and still the same prob
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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starter could be to close to flywheel, chewing it up, i know GM starters have shim kits that help with this, maybe ford as the same..
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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ShaneGT
starter could be to close to flywheel, chewing it up, i know GM starters have shim kits that help with this, maybe ford as the same..

Fords have the same shim it out, you can pick them up at autozone
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 05:47 AM
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is everything else in good working order. Good strong battery and alt?
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 06:51 AM
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Yea everything is in working order this is my project fox body so it is a lot nicer and newer than my daily driver
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