The last few days my truck has been starting hard and sometimes the starter is very noisy (almost sounds like teeth clashing). I put a brand new starter on it in the summer. Surely, it couldnt be worn out already could it?
-M
89 chevy k1500 starting hard
Feb 28, 2008
6 Replies
Define "brand new" ?
New/rebuilt whatever, I bought it at an auto parts store. Also, it doesnt seem to be doing this all the time (maybe once out of 5 vehicle starts)
New rebuilt what ever is like saying a rolls royce and a yugo are the same. However since this is not an every time occurrence I would pull the dust cover off the bell housing and using a ratchet and socket on the crank pulley turn the engine over in increments so I could inspect all the teeth on the fly wheel. You may have a worn area on the flywheel.
Whitelightning
No it's not new/rebuilt/whatever. There is a VAST difference. My guess is you got a cheapo rebuilt and it's putzed out already.
hey,
I got underneath and looked and it turns out the bolts backed off! TIghtened them up, and it starts like a dream now. The roads have been brutal up here this winter so Im guessing that all that thrashing around is what caused them to back off.
-M
Well that would splain it. Does help to get the enough/correct torque on them bolts though.
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