Starter problems?

[DSM614]

Ok.. I got my new flywheel, clutch and tranny back in the blue beast called the bully last night and everything was re-tapped and torqed perfect, go to start the car and all I get is the starter spinning sound, I leave it in gear and tried to start it and it did the same thing.

the funny thing is, I started the car to pull it in the garage before I tore him apart. wtf

I put a new flywheel in, aren't all 6 bolt flywheel's the same? :confused

Once again. I.Love.My.DSM. :huh

[biglipps66]

oops nope

fwd and awd flywheels are different. You got owned dude

[GSXLR8]

I had a similar problem...my new/used flywheel didn't have a ring gear!

[DSM614]

How are the flywheel's different? why would it matter if its awd or fwd? and they looked exactly the same.

BTW there's ring gear's on it.

[GSXLR8]

the fwd and awd flywheels are a different size......I don;t know the details...I just know that much....the biggest difference is probably if it sits close enough to the starter or not.

[DSM614]

I put an AWD flywheel (out of Lee's AWD, I bought it off him) in the green FWD and it work's... I dont know why it wouldnt on mine... is there starter diffrences?

[GSXLR8]

not sure if the starters are different....I'm just saying...the flywheels are different sizes

I guess it is POSSIBLE that the only reason they are different is for a different rotating mass for different results on a fwd vs. an awd but I'm not so sure that they would bother doing that unless there was some other reason. If you have done this exact same thing before...I geuss it can work....

have you tried a different starter? that is an easy enough swap.
take it out...hook power up to it and make sure that it is "kicking out" not simply spinning. (that IS a possibility)

another possibility is that the ring gear came off...doubtful....very doubtful but it is possible if it was not on secure and the starter somehow pulled it off.

[zman]

flywheel shouldn't matter at all
if you put the wrong flywheeel on you would be getting a grinding sound where the teeth of the starter are hitting the teeth of the flywheel

solenoid could most likely be the problem like it isn't wired right or it is dead


quick check take a screwdriver and jump the solenoid if it starts get a new solenoid if it still does the same thing then look at maybe the starter
did you use the starter that came off the car in the first place or did you replace it with a different one?
check to make sure the nose cones are the same size
then look at the flywheel as being the problem

[koritina]

Car's apart as of last night, so trying stuff won't really matter that much. Time for a new light as hell flywheel.. :thumb

[zman]

Time for a new light as hell flywheel.. :thumb
:beer