That was lucky

[UK Diesel]

Went to start the old Chev after work the other night to be greeted with a real bad grating/stripped ring gear noise:eek:

Didn't try again just had it recovered to my mates workshop where we found the starter bolt that goes in the block had snapped of flush with it
:mad:

The front bracket was a little lose aswell:rolleyes: We got the old bolt out and put a new thread in there so all is good now;)

Sounds better now when turning over then when I got her :cool:

[kconnair]

The reason the starter bolt broke was most likely that your starter is missing the starter - block bracket. It supports the rear (heavy motor end) of the starter.

If you don't replace the bracket, you will continue to break starter bolts.

Good luck,

K

[UK Diesel]

The bracket is there.

[AKMark]

I've run 3 6.2's without the bracket as the previous owners had removed them.

Only broke a bolt once, never had a problem in the one that I drove 180K after i fixed that bolt. Always carried extra's and removal tools incase though.

I always put new bolts in whenever I removed the starters though. Which wasn't often, but occasionally.

[UK Diesel]

Ive got a new G.M bolt on its way :)

[AKMark]

At least the bolt is metric, shouldn't be too hard to find over there if you need to.