Starter problems after doing 5 speed swap

TotalyHucked said:

Hmm. Yeah, I'd call American Powertrain and go through everything with them. Until you pull it apart, we're just spitting darts

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TotalyHucked said:

So does the starter grind/make horrible noises or everything functions correctly and you're just worried about it only engaging halfway? Cuz if it were a 168/153/wrong starter thing, it would make all kinds of terrible noise when trying to start.

If it's purely just engaging half the teeth but working fine otherwise, I'd contact that guy at American Powertrain back to see how his is but honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. I've had starters in the past that didn't quite get 100% engagement and worked fine for a long time.

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Ricko1966 said:

They are the same starter just a different nose cone. We used to swap nose cones regularly depending on what we were building. And if I had 2/3rds engaged I wouldn't even be worried about it.

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Rustisbest said:

Can just hope its correct. Its probably not the issue but mistakes happen.

I ordered a 9 inch housing and axle kit from Currie for my truck and they sent me a 67-72 housing in a 73-87 box.

Yukon sent me a duragrip without the roll pins to hold the cross shafts in.

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Ricko1966 said:

I wouldn't even be worried about it.

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justinbrugg said:

Should I just try starting it and see what happens?

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TotalyHucked said:

Have you contacted American Powertrain yet to see what they say? I wouldn't do anything further until I got their opinion since it's their kit.

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justinbrugg said:

Pretty challenging to get in contact with their support. Sent them a couple of emails and tried calling half dozen times. Planning on letting it rip after I get back in town on Monday. Worst that happens is it slowly eats my ring gear over the summer and I get a new one put on over the winter. Plan on putting a scat rotating assembly in anyway so it won’t be too much of a pain.

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justinbrugg said:

ok yeah my flywheel is on right. Gears on side facing motor, ridge, and there’s no indent were the crank meets. I think it just has a nice Finnish on both sides.

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mlsceo said:

You mean finish. I have a friend whose wife is Finnish, she's really nice.

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mlsceo said:

You mean finish. I have a friend whose wife is Finnish, she's really nice.

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justinbrugg said:

Has it ever been 1/2 engagement? Seems so little

2/3 meshing. Less that 1/2 engagement. Black line on pinon is how deep it goes into fly

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mlparkey said:

Seeing as how ther are only 2 components in this issue, the starter and the flywheel, and since the starter is bolted to the block and can not be moved forward or rearward, the problem has to be the flywheel. That's the only component that's new in the starting situation. I've never seen a flywheel with that smooth of a surface on the block side.

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Ricko1966 said:

Measure to the black line,looks wider than the tooth width on an automatic flex plate. I'd probably need to see it in person but,from where I'm sitting I don't see a problem. The same starter is used manual or automatic. If the engagement is the same width as a flexplate starter gear,I'd quit worrying. That ring gear looks removable, if it wears out,when you put the new gear on don't put it on as deep. If you are really worried move it now. I wouldn't,but I'm not you. I went and found you a video I didn't watch the whole thing I don't need to. If you decide to move yours look for tack welds I tack them.

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