DaveBonds
Garage Trash
Whoa!
Ok, you are dealing with a bad ring gear.
I had no idea that you had a 360 connected to a self balanced flexplate and torque converter at one point.
Look at where the other starter broke. right at the tip, where the index is.
Look at your video again. If you watch this ring gear make it's passes, pay no attention to the starter engaging at all. Just watch the ring gear and pay attention to the outer edge of the teeth.
You will notice an uneven wear pattern ground along the outer edge of the teeth. This is from your 360 running without that counterbalanced flexplate that you now have, with the big notch cut out of it.
I'm willing to bet at this point, you still have mild vibration issues that follow engine RPM, from the starter ring gear being sheared at one end, from this engine swap, counterbalancing problem.
Time for a new ring gear and you really should check your transmission bellhousing for damage, due to the last starter breaking right at the index.
I think his electrical is sound. If you watch it bounce, it bounces to the compression of the engine. I think this is happening because the teeth of the starter are engaging shallow. Once the teeth of the ring gear surpass the speed of the starter gear teeth, it should have a reverse corkscrew effect on the starter gear and aid the gear back out of it's path, as you disengage the starter motor with the ignition switch. I think this thing bounces because the starter gear isn't always contacting the teeth of the ring gear solid, so it wants to go back on itself when the compression of the engine releases, each time you hear it reciprocate.
Completely agree. Factory has one starter pattern, just like the GM starters do on the engine. There are custom bellhousings and starters for different starter and ring gear applications that I have seen use adjustable cups in bellhousings as well as collars for some aftermarket starters, which is why I suggested checking the index.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think this torque converter needs a new ring gear, because of it being used on a self balanced flexplate with a 360. It took out the last starter and took damage itself.
Ok, you are dealing with a bad ring gear.
I had no idea that you had a 360 connected to a self balanced flexplate and torque converter at one point.
Look at where the other starter broke. right at the tip, where the index is.
Look at your video again. If you watch this ring gear make it's passes, pay no attention to the starter engaging at all. Just watch the ring gear and pay attention to the outer edge of the teeth.
You will notice an uneven wear pattern ground along the outer edge of the teeth. This is from your 360 running without that counterbalanced flexplate that you now have, with the big notch cut out of it.
I'm willing to bet at this point, you still have mild vibration issues that follow engine RPM, from the starter ring gear being sheared at one end, from this engine swap, counterbalancing problem.
Time for a new ring gear and you really should check your transmission bellhousing for damage, due to the last starter breaking right at the index.
I think his electrical is sound. If you watch it bounce, it bounces to the compression of the engine. I think this is happening because the teeth of the starter are engaging shallow. Once the teeth of the ring gear surpass the speed of the starter gear teeth, it should have a reverse corkscrew effect on the starter gear and aid the gear back out of it's path, as you disengage the starter motor with the ignition switch. I think this thing bounces because the starter gear isn't always contacting the teeth of the ring gear solid, so it wants to go back on itself when the compression of the engine releases, each time you hear it reciprocate.
Completely agree. Factory has one starter pattern, just like the GM starters do on the engine. There are custom bellhousings and starters for different starter and ring gear applications that I have seen use adjustable cups in bellhousings as well as collars for some aftermarket starters, which is why I suggested checking the index.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think this torque converter needs a new ring gear, because of it being used on a self balanced flexplate with a 360. It took out the last starter and took damage itself.
