Symptoms of a Bad Starter compared to a Bad Fly Wheel? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

68 Suburban · 03-25-2004, 01:39 AM

Can you explain the differences to me? Thanks

Chevyguy111786 · 03-25-2004, 01:50 AM

bad starter won't turn, bad flywheel turns sometimes but a distinct grinding noise is heard when your starter gear finds the bad spot on the flywheel.... kind of like when you don't have your starter shimmed correctly.... that's my expierience anyway. or the starter will click if it's bad...hit the starter with a hammer, seriously, and if it starts, its a bad starter, grinds...bad flywheel...i could be wrong

Hotrod70C10 · 03-25-2004, 02:59 AM

I would like a little info on this also.... I get the occasional embarasing grind when I turn the key.

krue · 03-25-2004, 11:31 AM

If you have a few bad teeth on your flywheel it will grind every now and then....until you wear the teeth out on you r starter gear, which then wears out your flywheel teeth, which is a vicious circle that I am currently engaged in. So one leads to the other and if you let it go you will have both.

68 Suburban · 03-25-2004, 01:48 PM

i dropped the starter and there seems to be a lot of play in the shaft compared to the new one. I am thinking that is what it was. When the starter was in the car, it would engage for a second then just sound like it was spinning. Not grinding, but spinning. It would do this over and over.

Hotrod70C10 · 03-25-2004, 03:30 PM

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Originally posted by krue
If you have a few bad teeth on your flywheel it will grind every now and then....until you wear the teeth out on you r starter gear, which then wears out your flywheel teeth, which is a vicious circle that I am currently engaged in. So one leads to the other and if you let it go you will have both.

That's great... Oh well, I guess I'll wait till one or the other wears out or starts grinding a lot more and then get on it. If I do it now I will end up replacing both anyways. Thanks for the info.

68 Suburban · 03-25-2004, 03:34 PM

It ended up to be the starter on the Monte Carlo. I wanted to make sure before I invested $32 for a new one

Now I have to track down why it is not getting fuel to the carb

It runs great for a few seconds with gas poured down the carb :p

03-25-2004, 01:39 AM	#1
68 Suburban Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: From Chicago, Live in Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,802	Symptoms of a Bad Starter compared to a Bad Fly Wheel? Can you explain the differences to me? Thanks __________________ Just sitting here contemplating contemplation.

03-25-2004, 02:59 AM	#3
Hotrod70C10 Low & Slow Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,047	I would like a little info on this also.... I get the occasional embarasing grind when I turn the key. __________________ 70' C-10 LWB Fleetside 4.5/6 drop

03-25-2004, 11:31 AM	#4
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	If you have a few bad teeth on your flywheel it will grind every now and then....until you wear the teeth out on you r starter gear, which then wears out your flywheel teeth, which is a vicious circle that I am currently engaged in. So one leads to the other and if you let it go you will have both. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

03-25-2004, 01:48 PM	#5
68 Suburban Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: From Chicago, Live in Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,802	i dropped the starter and there seems to be a lot of play in the shaft compared to the new one. I am thinking that is what it was. When the starter was in the car, it would engage for a second then just sound like it was spinning. Not grinding, but spinning. It would do this over and over. __________________ Just sitting here contemplating contemplation.

03-25-2004, 03:34 PM	#7
68 Suburban Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: From Chicago, Live in Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,802	It ended up to be the starter on the Monte Carlo. I wanted to make sure before I invested $32 for a new one Now I have to track down why it is not getting fuel to the carb It runs great for a few seconds with gas poured down the carb :p __________________ Just sitting here contemplating contemplation.

03-25-2004, 01:50 AM	#2
Chevyguy111786 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Garland, Texas Posts: 1,127	bad starter won't turn, bad flywheel turns sometimes but a distinct grinding noise is heard when your starter gear finds the bad spot on the flywheel.... kind of like when you don't have your starter shimmed correctly.... that's my expierience anyway. or the starter will click if it's bad...hit the starter with a hammer, seriously, and if it starts, its a bad starter, grinds...bad flywheel...i could be wrong



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