Starter Replacement

[Bigg G]

My starter finally decided to take a dump on me (grinding really bad during start ups) so I purchased a brand new starter and will be installing it today or tomorrow.

Question.....do they all require shims or is it 1 of those trial & error things you don't know until after you bolt it up and try to fire it up ?

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[dirtridinz71]

It is mostly a trial and error run. I normally just try whatever was on there before, if there was a shim I'll put a shim on the new one and try it. Also its good to replace the starter cable to the battery while changing the starter, I've seen the cable break before and the starter was not even bad.

 

[95ukawn]

i replace my starter on my 95 a couple times as well on my 94 i used to have and it was just plug nplay pretty much, never had to deal with shims or nothing

 

[Big Red 1500]

I used one of the torque starters found on 96 chevy trucks and I love it, it has less of a strain on it when cranking compared to the stock ones, been working good for about a year now

 

[DRAGGIN95]

No shim's here either, I have never used them on a v8 chevy.

 

[Mean Green]

No shim's here either, I have never used them on a v8 chevy.

X3. I've never had to user shims on a SBC either, i don't see any feasible reason you'll need to. Unless your installing a oddball universal starter or something along those lines.

 

[FastOrange]

X3. I've never had to user shims on a SBC either, i don't see any feasible reason you'll need to. Unless your installing a oddball universal starter or something along those lines.

Only one i have had to shim is the aftermarket mini on my dads BBC.

 

[pike_mazter]

Also its good to replace the starter cable to the battery while changing the starter, I've seen the cable break before and the starter was not even bad.

Replaced my cable after I tore out the starter. She was looking bad.

No shims either. Bolt on and away you go.

 

[silverado13]

i went with a hitachi high torque mini starter a while back and paid like $350 for it, after ALOT of trail by error i couldnt seem to get it shimmed properly, but i got it good enough so that it wouldnt grind most of the time, only in reverse and when the tranny would down shift from OD to 3rd like going up a slight hill, just when the flex plate would flex in odd ways, so it didnt really bother me until it finnaly went out and and when i took it off, all the teeth were ground off and half the teeth of the flex plate were gone as well, coinedentally the tranny went out shortly after that so i was able to replace the flexplate then too, but anyways i went back to a OEM starter instead of a generic SBC starter, and well no shims and no problems since