starter headache?
04-23-2009, 11:46 AM
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starter headache? So I finally got done my a4-m6 swap or so I thought, I went to start the car and everything seems good until you hit the starter and then the starter just whines and nothing happens, I looked under the car and can see the that teeth on the starter were engaged into the teeth on the flywheel, normally from what I can tell.
Ithen removed the starter and the gear retracts normally and there is no sign of damaged teeth etc. This is the same starter that was on the car when it was automatic, it worked just fine then, only thing I can think that is different is the overall diameter of the flywheel compared to the flexplate? is there some type of shimming that needs to occur?? if so how do I know what that is? Only other thing I can think of is that I replaced the battery and maybe its not fully charged? I put a voltmeter on it and its got 11.9, so I just threw a trickle charger on it for now to see if that changes anything.... Could this be a bad ground issue?
Anyone?
Ithen removed the starter and the gear retracts normally and there is no sign of damaged teeth etc. This is the same starter that was on the car when it was automatic, it worked just fine then, only thing I can think that is different is the overall diameter of the flywheel compared to the flexplate? is there some type of shimming that needs to occur?? if so how do I know what that is? Only other thing I can think of is that I replaced the battery and maybe its not fully charged? I put a voltmeter on it and its got 11.9, so I just threw a trickle charger on it for now to see if that changes anything.... Could this be a bad ground issue?
Anyone?
04-23-2009, 03:57 PM
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So I finally got done my a4-m6 swap or so I thought, I went to start the car and everything seems good until you hit the starter and then the starter just whines and nothing happens, I looked under the car and can see the that teeth on the starter were engaged into the teeth on the flywheel, normally from what I can tell.
Ithen removed the starter and the gear retracts normally and there is no sign of damaged teeth etc. This is the same starter that was on the car when it was automatic, it worked just fine then, only thing I can think that is different is the overall diameter of the flywheel compared to the flexplate? is there some type of shimming that needs to occur?? if so how do I know what that is? Only other thing I can think of is that I replaced the battery and maybe its not fully charged? I put a voltmeter on it and its got 11.9, so I just threw a trickle charger on it for now to see if that changes anything.... Could this be a bad ground issue?
Anyone?
Ithen removed the starter and the gear retracts normally and there is no sign of damaged teeth etc. This is the same starter that was on the car when it was automatic, it worked just fine then, only thing I can think that is different is the overall diameter of the flywheel compared to the flexplate? is there some type of shimming that needs to occur?? if so how do I know what that is? Only other thing I can think of is that I replaced the battery and maybe its not fully charged? I put a voltmeter on it and its got 11.9, so I just threw a trickle charger on it for now to see if that changes anything.... Could this be a bad ground issue?
Anyone?
