Anyone w/Autozone starters for Gen II SHO's (mtx)?

[CTOESHO]

Did any of you guys have problems with grinding during startup with these starters? It was brought to my attention that some of these aftermarket starters don't line up properly with the flywheel. Thanks.

Mike
93mtx

 

[Sam]

I have a Duralast (DL3295S) that I got from AutoZone in June 2001. It bolted in fine (93mtx) w/o shims and has worked perfectly.

 

[CTOESHO]

Well, I'm pretty sure thats the starter that I have in my 93mtx right now too. That sucks, I was hoping it was different so that I knew what that grinding sound was. Maybe my gear is different from yours, and thats why I'm having problems.

Mike
93mtx

 

[LIZARDKING]

I used to P/T at AZ. Not content to be a minimum wage flunky, I tried to be a knowledgable minimum wage flunky. AZ sells two types of starters, rebuilt (1 yr warrenty), and remanufactured (lifetime warrenty). The rebuilts are cleaned and bench tested, only defective parts are replaced. The remans are stripped and only the case is reused.
I'm guessing that if you are getting a grinding noise, then you need to shim the starter. I think it is unlikely that the case is the problem. Have you ever surfaced the flywheel? If so, you should have shimmed it however much you took off. I would at least pop it off and look at the teeth, don't want to ruin your flywheel.

 

[CTOESHO]

The starter that I got at Autozone was the remanufactured one, not the rebuilt one. In my case, do you think it is more likely that they screwed up the gearing, or less? Thanks.

Mike
93mtx

 

[LIZARDKING]

The grinding is probley caused by the starter teeth not properly engaging the flywheel teeth. I would drop the starter and check. If you have any doubts return the starter and get another one. PITA is replace/resurface a flywheel! Also make sure that your flywheel bolts are not backing out. That happens once in a while.

 

[noSHO]

There is a difference between reman and rebuilt? I got one from autozone, and it has worked wonderfully so far.

 

[SHO bulley]

I work at autozone. If your having any kind of probs tell them. Customer service is our #1 goal! LOL, j/k, but seriously, tell them and they'll probably get you another...

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