I think I broke my starter

[travisfraughton]

So we just hit a cold snap here in utah. Went to start my truck and it cranked but wouldn't start. I figured it was just cold and would need a lil extra work that day. As I was cranking the started to have a really bad grinding noise. I've stopped trying to crank it for fear of damaging the flywheel, the grinding was pretty awful. I think it must have just been cranking real hard and with the engine being so cold the starter was what gave out. Anyone else had this happen when weather got real cold and your starter gave out with the extra effort required for the super cold startups?
I ordered a new starter today, won't be here until Tuesday, 5 days from now. I am actually now thinking of waiting til monday or tuesday to pull the starter since the high outside today is supposed to be in the mid 20's and by monday we might get to the 40's.
The starter didn't have any bad noises previously, it just went bad suddenly as far as I can tell. I'm really hoping that a starter is all I need to do and nothing else.
It's days like these I really wish I had a garage. laying on ice and freezing my fingers off is not how I wanted to start the new year.

Any feedback with your similar experiences is appreciated.
Thanks Guys