I've had the starter motor out for rebuilding and after putting everything back together have found that the pinion now only engages the ring gear intermittently. Sometimes it will work perfectly and other times it will take 10 goes before the engine cranks over. Sometimes it will start cranking and then the pinion slips out of the ring gear before the engine starts. When it does work, the starter has no problems turning the engine over.
I did reset the pinion throw as per the manual but have since adjusted it further to try and get reliable engagment. No amount of adjustment seems to help.
Is it possible that the starter motor isn't parallel with the block causing the pinion to miss the ring gear? Or could there be another reason it sometimes misses?
I did reset the pinion throw as per the manual but have since adjusted it further to try and get reliable engagment. No amount of adjustment seems to help.
Is it possible that the starter motor isn't parallel with the block causing the pinion to miss the ring gear? Or could there be another reason it sometimes misses?