stranger75
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The latest development in my long and annoying saga of starter trouble is the awful grinding noise that has just begun to occur when starting my m1009. I have not yet removed the torque converter cover to inspect the flywheel for damage, but I would not be surprised to find gnarled or missing teeth. I imagine the starter bendix could also be damaged, and may be the cause of whatever is happening down there.
The -34 TM states that to replace the flex plate (TM calls it a fly wheel) the transmission must first be removed. I have never done this, and am unsure of myself in attempting to. I remember reading in a post somewhere on here that you can disconnect the transmission and slide it back? without removing it entirely? Could somebody point me in the right direction as to how this is achieved?
I'm sure someone will ask why this grinding has started to occur, so I'll give a little back story. I replaced my starter awhile back with a 24V gear reduction starter. I have had a lot of trouble in shimming this starter correctly. I must have tried every combination of shims that I could think of, and still deal with this issue. My quick and dirty remedy to free the bendix from the flywheel has been to turn the crank from the front of the engine with a breaker bar. Has repeated use of this quick fix damaged the teeth of flywheel and or bendix?
What I know I need to do is have my direct drive starter rebuilt, re-install that, and then I think I'll most likely have to replace the flywheel as well.
The -34 TM states that to replace the flex plate (TM calls it a fly wheel) the transmission must first be removed. I have never done this, and am unsure of myself in attempting to. I remember reading in a post somewhere on here that you can disconnect the transmission and slide it back? without removing it entirely? Could somebody point me in the right direction as to how this is achieved?
I'm sure someone will ask why this grinding has started to occur, so I'll give a little back story. I replaced my starter awhile back with a 24V gear reduction starter. I have had a lot of trouble in shimming this starter correctly. I must have tried every combination of shims that I could think of, and still deal with this issue. My quick and dirty remedy to free the bendix from the flywheel has been to turn the crank from the front of the engine with a breaker bar. Has repeated use of this quick fix damaged the teeth of flywheel and or bendix?
What I know I need to do is have my direct drive starter rebuilt, re-install that, and then I think I'll most likely have to replace the flywheel as well.