[Jahred]

Chuck, Tom - curious if you have a quick reaction here. Finally got around to pulling the starter I was having difficulty with. It was a fresh rebuild with a clean gear and when I pulled it there is a good solid 3/8 of an inch of gear worn on each of the starter gear teeth (3/8 accross legth of gear).

I picked up a shim, but will probably go with a different starter. From what I can see the shim sets the gear back so that it does not overlap accross the face or width of the flywheel gear as it ordinarily would. In other words, it is not adjusting the depth at which the starter gear teeth engage the teeth of the flywheel.

I'm confused as to why more overlap of the starter gear with flywheel is a bad thing. Also, are there conclusions that can be drawn from the 3/8 inch wear pattern? 514/Lakewood/Manual.

Tom, you've recommended the F-250 starter.....but I think you said you had an automatic - so that one would not fly for manual transmission, no?

Thanks in advance for any reaction.