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Old Aug 5, 2022 | 02:43 PM
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Bendix wear or something else?

Hi guys,

Today we wanted to turn the starter on the flywheel.. but it didn't engaged the flywheel and it was quite noisy.

So I pulled the starter off to inspect him...


As you can see, the teeth's are (little) worned out on the end..

Can this be the reason for not engaging the engine/flywheel?

And also when I search on rockauto for Bendix / starter drive ,
I found 2 with minimal difference.

Sdn-77

Sdn-3a


Which one do I need and makes the edges in this case a huge difference?

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Old Aug 5, 2022 | 05:56 PM
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What year truck, what year engine, what size engine, automatic or manual? I see they are both 9 teeth.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2022 | 08:37 AM
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D2AE6015BA11 3214. On the block
 
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Old Aug 6, 2022 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Bullnose010
D2AE6015BA11 3214. On the block
That would work if we had a de-coding ring to figure what that number means.
Still dose not tell us what transmission as it makes a difference.
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Old Aug 6, 2022 | 01:21 PM
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From your other thread we know that you are installing an unknown engine in your truck. More importantly, what transmission do you have? When mixing and matching, one common problem is using the correct starter with a compatible flex plate or flywheel.

There is about a 10mm difference between starters for standard transmissions and automatic transmissions. That could be your issue.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2022 | 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by diggerrigger
From your other thread we know that you are installing an unknown engine in your truck. More importantly, what transmission do you have? When mixing and matching, one common problem is using the correct starter with a compatible flex plate or flywheel.

There is about a 10mm difference between starters for standard transmissions and automatic transmissions. That could be your issue.
As we can see the part number on the starter " D2AF-11131-GA and when search on web, it seems to be an automatic starter.
I Found also this picture on the web:

This picture should show us the optical difference in between a/t or m/t.
So.....
If we look at my starter :


It seems to be a starter for an automatic transmission....

That's why my topic is asking if this is a BENDIX issue or something else? (So far we can see on the pictures)

I'm not an mechanicguy or experienced in this kind of technic.. maybe a bad beginner or a rookie..
but please let's keep our heads up.

PS. I ordered a new Bendix and it's now on shipping oversea.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2022 | 05:02 AM
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That would work if we had a de-coding ring to figure what that number means.
Still dose not tell us what transmission as it makes a difference.
Dave ----

 
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Old Aug 7, 2022 | 05:17 AM
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You still have not posted which transmission you have, the book shows listing for both.
you show a picture of your starter ( commonly used in the 70's and a picture from the web that was fazed In sometime in the 80's) they are different. To be able to help the questions need to be answered.
Need to know motor, transmission, year of both.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2022 | 09:50 AM
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You still have not posted which transmission you have, the book shows listing for both.
you show a picture of your starter ( commonly used in the 70's and a picture from the web that was fazed In sometime in the 80's) they are different. To be able to help the questions need to be answered.
Need to know motor, transmission, year of both.

finally found as a beginner where you can fill your signature... But they don't even look at 🤦🏻‍♂️


But i will type it over:

1983. F-350 CREWCAB 4WD. C6 // 351w (unknown history)
 
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Originally Posted by Bullnose010
finally found as a beginner where you can fill your signature... But they don't even look at 🤦🏻‍♂️


But i will type it over:

1983. F-350 CREWCAB 4WD. C6 // 351w (unknown history)
If you had it in your signature it did not show up.
I see you typed 351 with a C6 auto transmission.

Oh maybe it is in your signature but when on a phone like i am the signatures dint show up sorry.
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I am using a phone also and cannot see signature lines.
Sorry about that.
 
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