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How to check possibility of broken teeth on flexplate? 200 1986

posted by  Matt L on  Sat Mar 9 17:03 CST 2002
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It sounds to me like you need to take out the starter anyway...

One cause for this problem is a buildup of gunk where the starter gear doesn't slide freely on it's shaft, which can result in the problem that you describe. You should remove the starter, clean the shaft, and check for broken teeth on the flywheel. I had an '87 240 where the starter would come on randomly while driving, due to bad wiring. It resulted in several chipped and half-missing teeth on the flywheel, but no damage to the starter gear. So apparently the flywheel teeth are more fragile than the starter gear teeth... go figure.

In any case I think you can also get a view of the teeth by taking off the bracket which the bottom 2 transmission mounting bolts attach to... you would have to remove those two bolts as well as the 4 bolts that connect the braket to the bottom of the block.






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