starter motor shims

[hueyhoolihan]

Originally Posted by flathead48

Normally I seen 1 shim on the starter armature, u need a little back & forth movement. 3 shims will bind it so it won’t turn or very hard turning. Just try the one than bench test it.

ya, the "new" one had three at least shims that fell off the shaft when the armature was removed from the housing. the troubling thing is that i don't know whether a higher number of shims or a lower number will prevent it from binding.

normally i don't mind a bit of trial-and error to determine the root cause of a problem, but in this case, the removal and re-installation of the starter has shown itself to be a monumental task!

after further consideration...

i suppose a combination of common sense and expediency (seeing as that i don't have additional shims) would point toward removing a couple shims, eh?