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What should I do if my starter bolt hole broke?

What should I do if my starter bolt hole broke?

Related Chevy Questions Have a 1997 GMC Sierra with the 350 motor and one of the Have a 1997 GMC Sierra with the 350 motor and one of the starter bolt holes has broke and the starter keeps kicking off to the side need to know what I need to do to fix it…  read more

Is the starter mounting ear on my Chevy broken?

It’s not almost broken off, so much as there’s a small part of it already broken off at the bottom and the remainder of it is still on the block. That would preclude trying to weld on the missing piece, but not trying to fill the space with epoxy. This hole does go all the way through, but I’m not sure if it is tapped for its entire length.

What are the starter bolt holes on a Suburban 1500?

1996 suburban 1500: flywheel..block..cracked..the starter bolt holes i have 1996 suburban 1500 5.7, that i bought with a bad flywheel ok i changed the flywheel and starter. come to find out the block is cracked where the starter bolt holes are. the bolt pattern are dia…

Why is the starter on my C10 missing?

No announcement yet. So, the starter on the C10 was binding up. I figured it was a bad pinion gear and pulled the starter – only to find my starter was still in good shape and the block wasn’t. There’s a chunk about the size of my fingernail missing from the outside of the boss where the outer starter bolt goes.

Related Chevy Questions Have a 1997 GMC Sierra with the 350 motor and one of the Have a 1997 GMC Sierra with the 350 motor and one of the starter bolt holes has broke and the starter keeps kicking off to the side need to know what I need to do to fix it…  read more

What to do with a broken starter mounting ear?

Another “fix” I’ve seen is to run an older manual trans and early bellhousing that uses the 3 bolt starter, which bolts to the bellhousing rather than the block. Makes it fun for the next guy who owns the car and wants to swap in an automatic. “If it don’t go, chrome it!” –Stroker McGurk

1996 suburban 1500: flywheel..block..cracked..the starter bolt holes i have 1996 suburban 1500 5.7, that i bought with a bad flywheel ok i changed the flywheel and starter. come to find out the block is cracked where the starter bolt holes are. the bolt pattern are dia…

No announcement yet. So, the starter on the C10 was binding up. I figured it was a bad pinion gear and pulled the starter – only to find my starter was still in good shape and the block wasn’t. There’s a chunk about the size of my fingernail missing from the outside of the boss where the outer starter bolt goes.

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Ruth Doyle