Thread: SBF Starter

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The last couple of days when I hit the starter button the starter has engaged, but then "uncoupled" with a mild clashing of gears, which made me cringe. Second hit immediately started, so I thought that the engine was giving a "partial start", just enough to roll off of the bendix. Today I went out to a little air show near by, and when I hit the starter to leave it sounded very strange - kind of like it was not fully engaged, with a bit of "flutter". Pulled the starter, and it's a no-name, no ID with integral solenoid - came from Forte's Performance with the tranny/clutch/bellhousing package, which I now know to be what Summit sells as their Mini, Hi-Torque Starter - http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-829302/. Hot wired it seems to be working fine, but who knows what it's doing under load. This starter has had a very hard life, with all of the hassles and hard starting I've been through, maybe equivalent five years life or more. Here's some pictures of the beast for ID. Any thoughts? Just buy a new starter?

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