what does this sound like to you?

[big83chevy4x4]

i finely get my truck running after 2 weeks (too long of a story). when i start it (good used starter) it makes one hell of a racket when cranking over. it its about 4x as loud as it should sound. i was told the starter was too far from the flexplate. is this correct? he said to put a half shim in it to rotate it closer to the flexplate. seems like it would work .
ive never had this problem and have no idea what it could be.
any help is apreciated.

 

[mofugly13]

I had the sam prob when I got my K5, the starter is too far from the flexplae. Shim it under the outer bolt until you have 1/8" clearance between the starter shaft and flexplate, use a 1/8" drill bit as a guage.

 

[big83chevy4x4]

ok thanks /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif

 

[cybrfire]

Out of all the small block chevys I've wroked on in my life I have never had to shim a starter. I guess I have heard of people doing it, but I don't understand why this should ever be required. The only thing I can think of is the starter is messed up or something. Give me an in depth explanation of what you figure out.

 

[big83chevy4x4]

ive never had to shim a SBC starter before either, thats why i posted this. i don't want to ruin the teeth on the ring gear so ill get it done probably tommorrow.

 

[K5MONSTERCHEV]

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Out of all the small block chevys I've wroked on in my life I have never had to shim a starter. I guess I have heard of people doing it, but I don't understand why this should ever be required.

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I agree with you there.! /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif

 

[mrk5]

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Out of all the small block chevys I've wroked on in my life I have never had to shim a starter. I guess I have heard of people doing it, but I don't understand why this should ever be required. The only thing I can think of is the starter is messed up or something. Give me an in depth explanation of what you figure out.

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Same here, too. /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

[rjfguitar]

I had to shim mine on the 406 but not the old 350. Imperfections in the castings.