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| | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 108 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 108 | Drove home thursday from work...ran inside the house came back out truck would not start....I thought it was the starter...So I had it rebuilt...put it back in and its making the same noise.....Its a foot starter...It engages the flywheel but just makes a buzzing sound...when you push on the buttom its spins..you can here the gear spinning...but when it engages the flywheel...it sounds like the shaft is beginning....Any body have answer....51 | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | You could have some damaged flywheel teeth and it just happens to be sitting on the bad spot. Try rotating the engine with the fan blade then try the starter again. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Holcomb,
Your starter has a over-running clutch enclosed in the starter drive. Some call it a roller clutch. It is suppose to lock up in one direction and allow the starter motor to spin the engine. As the engine starts and over speeds the drive, the over-running clutch allows rotation as the starter drive is thrown back into the starter. I will guess that when this fails it goes buzzzzz!
I wonder why this wasn't checked when the starter was rebuilt...maybe it offers enough resistance by hand, but not when blasted by the starter motor.
Stuart | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 108 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 108 | Thanks guys.....I had ordered a starter from kragen...wasn't suppose to be here until Monday but it came in this afternoon...bolted it in truck fired right up...SO that means they didn't rebuild the starter correctly...I believe the rolling clutch stuff was not none...so no more buzzing sound....thanks again guys for your answer.. | | |
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