Ok here is my problem. I just bought a 1985 Ford Bronco II and was told that it needed a starter so i thought no big deal. Well I replaced the starter and when I tried it it didnt catch on the flywheel, well I took a look at the flywheel and it was completley shot, the teeth were all grinded off of it. So yesterday I replaced the flywheel with a new one and now the starter makes a horrrible grinding noise and I took the starter off and it looks like its just eating away at the flywheel again. It almost looks like its just cathing the very top of the flywheel and eating the teeth off but im not sure. So i am now on my 4th starter thinking that may be the problem all aftermarket ones. And i also replaced the ground wire, ignition switch and solenoid, but still the same grinding problem. I read at a couple different forums that people were having the same problem but i havent been able to find out what to do about it. Do I need a factory ford starter? IF so how much will that cost me? There are 9 teeth on the starter that i am using now, does that factory one use a different gear? The trans and everything is bolted up perfect and the engine is a new crate motor from ford. But I am comletley out of ideas on this one. I heard that i could shim it to sit at a angle but i dont really want to do that, i would like to do it right that way i dont have to worry about eating up starters and flywheels. Well any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

Is this Bronco2 4 cylinder, or 6 cylinder, I have a different listing for both, just to clarify, is it manual or auotmatic and if it is automatic, which one, the C5 or the A4LD, (not sure how to tell the difference, I am not a transmission man) there is two flywheels for 85-86, both are 138 teeth but one is 300 thousandths larger in diameter than the other, which makes 150 thousandths on one side of the flywheel, which is close to being the depth of the drive gear from the tooth tip to the root of the gear. need more information, help me here. Electric1

 

Did more investigating today for you, there is three flywheels available for 4 and 6 cylinder,
4 cylinder= 11.30" in diameter, 135 tooth
6 cylinder= 11.61" in diameter, 138 tooth
6 cylinder= 11.69" in diameter, 138 tooth

all the transmissions from what I understand are all the same for bolting up to the block, are your bolt holes into the bellhousing all beat out and are there bolts with nuts clamping the starter in place, not to be that way. Should be just bolts. From what I understand the 4 cyl. flywheel will bolt onto the 6 cylinder. Have run into the problem of the parts stores have listings in the book, but not the right listing or not as many listings as the O.E.M. parts supplier. Does your old flywheel measure the same in diameter as the new flywheel. Check diameters, Hope this helps. Electric1

 

#1 you need to count the teeth on your flywheel and let your auto parts dealer know what you came up with. the auto dealer should be able to get you the right starter from there.

 

im having a problem with my starter too,
i havnt done anything about it though,
i have a starter from a 2.9 litre v6 auto 89'
i want to know if it will fit into my 85 2.8 ltre carborated standard,
any hints?
thanks

 

I believe they will interchange on those starters. I looked up the part numbers for those 2 engines and the numbers are the same for both, so I would think you'll be able to interchange them.

Gary
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