Starter is grinding intermittently.

[Dozerboy]

My starter started grinding intermittently. I'm assuming it's time to replace it, but is there anything I should rule out first? Batteries and less then a year and it was doing it some before replacing them. There doesn't seem to be any shimming that can be done.

I'm happy with the life I got out of this starter, but are the HD Gear reduction starters worth the money? Looks like a Mean Green is $420, but XPD has their own brand for $280 too.

 

[Chevy1925]

It’s probably not kicking the bendix out hard enough due to sticking or galling

Just double check the ring gear isn’t getting torn up. It will do that

 

[Dozerboy]

Has anyone ever taken apart 1of these starters to try and clean the bendix? I asked my dad about it since Ive never done it, but if it was built after 1990 he's over his head. I was just curious its something that's not too bad to do or if you needed to have special tools.

 

[juddski88]

Has anyone ever taken apart 1of these starters to try and clean the bendix? I asked my dad about it since Ive never done it, but if it was built after 1990 he's over his head. I was just curious its something that's not too bad to do or if you needed to have special tools.

No special tools needed