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Jul 24, 2020 | 03:41 PM

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What’s the deal with this starter??

70 Chevelle

New 6.0 build, LS7 crank, 4.030, Heads, Cam, LSA blower, 4L80- everything is new.

New Starter is ACDelco 3371131

New flywheel is ATP Z-270 14” 168 tooth

using ARP bolts

im not using shims but the bendix is engaging and turnning the motor over but it is making a terrible intermittent sound. I recorded it and you can see shavings, no teeth are broken. What should I do?

is it uncommon to need shins?

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Jul 25, 2020 | 06:38 AM

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Nobody has a comment? I bet if this was a thread about Meguiars Wax id get a 100 comments within an hour.

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Jul 25, 2020 | 10:47 AM

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Nobody has a comment? I bet if this was a thread about Meguiars Wax id get a 100 comments within an hour.

It just MIGHT be possible nobody has encountered this issue before.
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Jul 26, 2020 | 05:17 PM

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I’d throw a shim at it and try it again. Easy peasy...

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Jul 27, 2020 | 02:11 AM

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Yup try 1 shim. It's a little tight it seems in 1 spot

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Jul 27, 2020 | 12:03 PM

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I had to shim a new ls3 starter on my ls3 crate motor for my belair. Baffled me, i thought we were past this. But can't argue with the results.

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Aug 3, 2020 | 07:14 PM

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I had to shim a new ls3 starter on my ls3 crate motor for my belair. Baffled me, i thought we were past this. But can't argue with the results.

1mm shim + 1/32" shim fixed the issue

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Aug 6, 2020 | 09:56 PM

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1mm shim + 1/32" shim fixed the issue

Awesome. Thanks for updating. Until we have no more internal combustion engines left on the planet, a GM small block will always require a starter shim from time to time.

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