LS1 Block broke at the starter mount!!! NO!!
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LS1 Block broke at the starter mount!!! NO!! So I read a few post here about this happening on an LS2. My girl started my car for me and it made a nasty "crack" noise. Thought the starter just went bad. I check under the car and the starter is hanging by the wires!! The starter broke apart at one bolt and the other tore a piece of the block off! I have read other posts and I guess this happens often. Does anyone have any suggestions? I hear replacing engine 
, Welding the piece back on but some say it will never work right again, or maybe finding a bell housing adapter plate so the starter will mount to that. If anyone has any experience with this help me with links or products or anything! Thanks in advance.
These pics are not mine but from another website but this oddly is "exactly" what my situation is
, Welding the piece back on but some say it will never work right again, or maybe finding a bell housing adapter plate so the starter will mount to that. If anyone has any experience with this help me with links or products or anything! Thanks in advance.These pics are not mine but from another website but this oddly is "exactly" what my situation is
funny it happened when my girl was driving her car too. it is almost impossible to weld it correctly unless you pull the motor to do it. i actually got a metal epoxy resin and tried that first on hers before pulling the motor and its been holding. its held now for approx 8,000 miles. i just dregeased the area and made sure it was really clean before i did it and let the car sit for 24 hours to make sure it cured before it was drivin and its been working fine. good luck.
That sucks! Looks like your flywheel is toast too! Like he said maybe epoxy it into position again then make a steel plate to bolt over the front face into the good metal to both sides of the break?
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i've welded dozens of aluyminum blocka and trans cases on other rides with no heat issues causing failures.... i currently have a 97 cummins with the block held together with JB weld.. clean the area REAL REAL good and then if able sand or grind it alittle so there is alot of good clean material and JB it... its not an ideal fix but hey its held in a cummins for 140k miles..... if it works you saved a ton of money... if not then you have to pull the motor anyhow, aint lost nothin but time
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https://www.summitracing.com/parts/d...xoCSPgQAvD_BwE
here is someone's video on it.
I have never done this first hand. Just had a friend tell Me how He just had this happen. so I did a search and the above is what I found.
here is someone's video on it.
I have never done this first hand. Just had a friend tell Me how He just had this happen. so I did a search and the above is what I found.
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well Yes, a different engine. But the starter has not really changed, and if the bell housing is the same (which I think it is) and the flywheel (or flex plate is again the same) then there is a good chance this could work. but you are right I am old and not all the up on the new high tech part of the new car's.
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IIRC isn't there a rear rod that you bolt to the back of the starter that ties it to the block?
I remember seeing it on industrial and marine V8's ..
Long ago.. It came with a new bolt that replaced the one that goes through the starter
I remember seeing it on industrial and marine V8's ..
Long ago.. It came with a new bolt that replaced the one that goes through the starter
See this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...k-broke-8.html
Post #148 has pix of a repair bracket.
Post #148 has pix of a repair bracket.
