I have a problem with my Starter motor (I think). My car starts ok 99% of the time. But this has happened twice so far. I go to start the car and I get a constant clicking noise like a low battery. I go under the car and I notice that the small gear on the starter is still ingaged to the flywheel. I'm able to push the small gear back into the starter and it starts ok. It could be low battery but with the starter gear hanging up like that it makes me beleive that it's stuck to the flywheel while I'm driving, since the small gear isn't going back to the starter. I'm going to try and shim the starter today and make sure that the gear slides back and forth by itself (no drag from the flywheel) if that doesn't do it I'll try something else or whatever suggestions I get. This is a 350 chevy with one of those mini starters. 1985 .
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I'm beginning to think it might be a shim problem or something else. Last night I put 2 washers between the block and the starter went to start the car and it did the same thing. That clilck click click sound like the battery is low. So I climbed under the car and was able to free up the starter gear from the fly wheel (had to pretty much force it free). Than I put a little grease on the starter gear and the flywheel and tried to turn the motor over again and it worked fine. Didn't hang up on the flywheel must have done it 5 more times and it didn't hang up. Worked great I don't know if it is just that bad spot on the flywheel or not. Like I say if I turn the flywheel by hand and move the starter gear it works. I know the time it hangs up is when I will be at a car show and I have my nice shorts and shrit on and bingo it's going to happened. O well keep a small jack and some jack stands in the trunck and if it happends again at least I know what to do.dinger said:
It does not take much power to engage the solenoid to push the drive out. It is a different story when it comes to cranking. I think you need to look at your battery connections and battery health. I would be willing to bet you have a bad connection on the starter motor. It is possible that the drive could stick in due to the pressure between the gears from trying to crank.
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