Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

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Jul 26, 2003 | 09:55 PM

nzabka

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Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

Okay, just got done putting in a rear main seal in my 351w battling c6 tranny in the 100+ degree heat today. Started it up and my flywheel's hitting something, the starter stator, I'm assuming cause the front corner of the teeth on the flywheel is where it looks like it's hitting and theres shavings at the bottom of the bell housing. I'm very sure about putting the flywheel back in right what as I marked it before I removed it and everything else associated. I pulled the starter and tested with jumper cables from my batteries and it looks like the stator doing it's job, so I'm guessing that I need some spacers behind the strarter, right?

If that's the case, is it common for this to happen and have to put in spacers after taking it apart after completing a job like that, or did I goof somewheres?

Jul 26, 2003 | 11:05 PM

steve83

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Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

If you put back all the parts you took off, then you goofed something. Ford starters don't need shims. It sounds like you put the flexplate in backward.

Jul 26, 2003 | 11:07 PM

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Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

Are you sure you mated the torque convertor and the flexplate back together correctly? Sometimes they have drain plugs that fit into large access holes in the flexplate. The latest few I have done have holes so you can put it on anyway you want, but I have had ones that didn't, and the flexplate would not bolt up correctly but in a few spots.

Also, did you re-install the sheetmetal plate between the engine and the tranny?

Jul 27, 2003 | 08:58 AM

nzabka

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Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

Yes, the drain plug from the Torque Coverter is where it's supposed to be. I guess the only way I'm thinking I goofed is that while putting the tranny back up, I thought I had the Torque Coverter bolts alligned with the flywheel but they moved on me while tightening the bellhousing up to the motor, Could have I warped the flywheel?

Jul 27, 2003 | 09:01 AM

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Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

And yes, I reinstalled the sheetmetal plate for sure too. And I'm very confident that the flywheel is on the right way. I must've warped that flywheel if the starter doesn't need to be shimmed.

Jul 27, 2003 | 09:55 AM

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Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

if you tightened the bellhousing bolts enough it probably would..

Jul 27, 2003 | 05:46 PM

nzabka

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Fylwheel/Starter Problem?

And it did. I went and bought a new flywheel and pretty much did everything over again except the rear seal and it quit hitting. But I'm leaking oil yet, not as bad as before, but it still is leaking. I tapped that seal in as far as it'd go! ????????????? Had someone through work tell me I should've coated the outside with rtv silicone. Is that true?