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Starter eater 200 1989

posted by  someone claiming to be mjamgb on  Fri Aug 6 13:15 CST 2004 [RELATED]

It is possible for the flywheel teeth to become boogered to the point where it starts to eat starter pinions... they do not need to be missing. The ring-gear comes with a slight chamfer on the teeth to facilitate engagement by the starter pinion but it is slight and you should not feel any rounding off of the teeth.
Is it a "problem" for these models? I don't think so.
Your trouble may have been started by a starter that either did not engage the flywheel properly or had a mis-adjusted/improperly installed solenoid. It is possible (following this logic) that the substitution of a properly functioning starter on an already mashed ring-gear accelerated the doom-day on the used starter.
I'd get a second opinion based on a visual inspection of the ring-gear before I wasted any more money on a new starter. If the ring-gear passes the second inspection, then I'd go for the new starter and hope for better luck.

Mike!






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