STARTER PROBLEMS!!!
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STARTER PROBLEMS!!!
ok, so my starter was working great and then intermittently would give that distinct shriek and zing that a starter makes when it doesn't engage all the way. this got progressively worse to the point that it would do it a couple times a week. So, I bought a brand new starter from NAPA and within a week this starter started doing the same thing. Now the NAPA starter is a month old and is doing it almost every day. I've searched old threads about guys building "super starters" but I'd rather have it work like its supposed to without bringing in an engineer to build me custom starter. Any ideas why my truck ate the new starter so fast? 
what other options do I have?
what other options do I have?
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I agree with Richard...You may have killed the flywheel
Pull the dust cover or what ever it is called
I am sure you will fine that it is full of ground metal and the teeth on the flywheel will be at least half gone
I hope we are wrong.....Good luck
Pull the dust cover or what ever it is called
I am sure you will fine that it is full of ground metal and the teeth on the flywheel will be at least half gone
I hope we are wrong.....Good luck
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Don't say that... damn I hope not, I looked it over pretty good while I had the old one out and what I could see was fine. Also, no fresh or excessive shavings.
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it may be that one or two (or more) of those points have been damaged by the old starter.
Other things to check is to disconnect the big cables going to the starter at each end and test the resistance.
Starter and battery cables can corrode inside the sheath causing a voltage drop (the starter doesn't get enough juice).
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I have a very similar problem on my 2011 expedition. When trying to start the car I either get the incredibly loud screeching sound or I get just a click and no start (sometimes it works normally though) but I have changed the starter once and it didn’t fix the problem. I thought the flywheel teeth were a harder metal that the starter teeth to prevent this problem. Please correct me if I’m wrong. im open to suggestions for solving this issue. Thanks!
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This old thread is back to life, 5 years later and I’m still running the same flexplate and starter. Still grinds once in a while (rarely). I have no idea why, looked over the flexplate throroughly and it’s fine. My 7.3 Econoline never grinds, who knows. As long as she keeps starting I’m happy. It is strange that the grinding seems to group up around season changes... who the hell knows. I’ve hypothesized all I care to lol
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