my damn starter!

[alittlev6]

i broke 2 starters this week... wtf is going on,,

first time,starter went out,replace it with a 94 camaro v6 starter,bolted everything right up,started it up,and work just fined for about 2 weeks,no hassle,no rubbing sounds,no click clak sounds,everything went just fine,until yesterday,i turned my car up,and i heard a loud nasty annoying sound,like something underneat broke,i looked under,and a piece of the starter housing was broken off ,,,(no warranty due to cracked housing<void ),so i bought another froma 94 lt1 camaro,bolted up,started it up,and boom there goes another,broken piece!!!...

I have washers on two of the bolts,for alignments,(no shims) wtf can it be!!!??


cracked/bent flywheel?
shims?
adjustment?


please guys help me out,its stressing me out!!!

 

[bison]

Is there any chance that there could be coolant in your cylinders from a partially blown head gasket? If the engine hydraulics a little when cranking it can break the starter housing. I had it happen to me on a LT1 that got water in the cylinders.

 

[alittlev6]

i do belive i have a partially blown headgasket,because it get hot under boost!? SHYTT!!!!im frustrated now

 

[mikestertwo]

As said above, the engine could be going into a hydrolic lock from a coolant leak but also you said you had washers under the bolts for alignment? Do you mean you put washers between the starter and the block? If so, that's a no-no. You have to use a starter shim, not washers. The starter can pivot on the washers causing the starter to bind on the flywheel.

 

[alittlev6]

i have the washers between the bolt and starter as alingment. ihad this going for a good 2 yrs before the starter went bad, ever since then with the new starter units,its been breaking the housings.. with a lt1 starter unit,how many shims will i need? any infor highly appreciated?