Lesson learned

Erik Ks farmer · May 8, 2013

I put a new starter in my 98 3/4ton chevy a couple weeks back, looks like I didn't get enough torque on the bolts. I found it dangling by the end of the threads, pulled out the starter and was fortunate enough to find the broke casing laying just under the lip of the dust cover. Don't think any damage was done to the flywheel. Lesson learned, torque em then double check em in a day. Looks like I get to buy another starter tomorrow.

Royse · May 8, 2013

Ouch! Still got your old one or a junk one?
Maybe you could just change the nose cone.
Hopefully, as you said, no other damage done.

dcarp · May 8, 2013

Ouch. Glad you caught it in time to spare the flywheel. I use blue thread locker on anything I think might back out due to vibration. Holds but not so much that you can't take things apart later. Used blue thread locker on the incense burner the priest uses in the church down the road, that was a year ago, still together.

RayP(MI) · May 8, 2013

I"ve had a couple nosecones break. Usually the solution is replacing with a iron rather than aluminum. These were on GM diesels. 5.7and 6.2

Also had one of the mounting bolts break, other worked loose. Left me stranded until I could get the parts to fix.

RBnSC · May 8, 2013

Found one like that on the wife's Tahoe. I called her outside when I got it off and asked her not to turn the key so hard She was breaking the end of the starter off..

Ron

GordoSD · May 9, 2013

I just replaced one on a 5.7 Tahoe. What was the price on yours? Mine was 220

Donaldinky · May 9, 2013

Might want to check the crank senson. On some they had bad
crank senson. They would back fire on start and throw the
starter on the ground. Just a through. On top of the fly wheel.

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