nrs wrote:
> On 11 mar, 15:35, Mike Romain <roma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> nrs wrote:
>>> I recently had a starter rebuilt and now that it is installed, it does
>>> not work very well. It did not have any ****ms originally and it was
>>> re-installed the same way. Sometimes it does not engage the flywheel
>>> and when it does, it makes rumbling sounds. Also, it makes a scraping
>>> sound sometimes, both when it fails to engage and sometimes when it
>>> does engage. What could cause it to make scraping sounds? Thanks in
>>> advance.
>> That sounds like the bu****ng in the nose didn't get replaced or you
were
>> too late and your flywheel ring gear is ground down...
>>
>> You need to pull the starter to see if it's the bu****ng or gear.
>>
>> A bad connection on the main cables going to the starter can also not
>> pass enough power to kick it into the flywheel ring gear.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 'New' frame in the works for '08. Some Canadian Bush Trip and Build
>> Photos:http://mikeromainjeeptrips.shutterfly.com
>
> The flywheel is fine. The starter failed by not turning and up until
> then it worked perfectly so there was no chance to mess it up. The
> nose bu****ng sounds dead on because I noticed it was not replaced,
> figured they found it was in spec and they didn't see the need to
> change it. That just might be the problem. Thanks a lot.
Just so you know, when the nose bu****ng went out on my 'under warranty'
starter, it took less than a week to kill the ring gear. I let it go
until the weekend kind of idea on a daily driver. The engine pull for
the new ring gear wasn't under warranty.... (mine is easier to pull the
engine on)
Mike
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