oldboat1
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I have a Chevy 305 inboard, and had periodic starter problems most of the spring and summer -- seemed like a bad bendix, as the starter wouldn't engage the ring gear. It turns out the Bendix was bad on the starter, or at least needed service as part of the starter rebuild, but the problem came back. I finally found on the internet that Chevy starters often need to be shimmed -- did that and (knock on wood) the problem is solved. I didn't know that there are shim kits for just that purpose. My starter is the kind that attaches by three bolts into a hole on the rear of the bell housing -- not the typical kind, I guess, but with the starter gear angled steeper into the flywheel ring gear, it all meshes properly.<br /><br />I thought I would pass this along, in case somebody else is baffled by a starter that seems to spin OK, but doesn't seem to engage the flywheel....