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Starter making grinding noise while cranking on a 5.3??

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Old 10-14-2013, 06:52 AM
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Default Starter making grinding noise while cranking on a 5.3??

Building a 88 Mustang with a 5.3/4L80 combo. Brand new starter, B&M SFI flex plate, also new. Makes a slight grinding noise during cranking. How do I check to see if the starter needs to be shimmed?? Is this a common issue??
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Sure sounds like it's miss aligned if it's grinding
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I added a .010" shim and the problem went away, I have no idea why its like this, but it is lol.
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Glad you got it sorted.



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