Starter engages but does not turn flywheel

If you did a bench test on the starter and the bendix engaged that is good. A grinding sound can occur when one of two things happens.

I am putting together a 69 350.

Starter engages but does not turn flywheel. The forks inside the starter may be missing or broke off or bad spring in starter that pushes the gear out. Starter may have to be shimmed to make contact with flywheel. Starter may be kicking out but not engaging flywheel.

Posted on Jan 18 2013. Starter engages flywheel but doesnt turn. Just a thoughtmake sure the starter is tightened all the way up.

Make sure it is the right startersometimes starters for autotrans will be shorter or longer which will cause the starter gears to either be too far back. When you read the battery voltage was that while trying to start the engine or just sitting there. If that was the voltage while starting the engine then you could have either a bad starter solenoid cable connections starter or ground connection.

That is IF you can turn the engine over by the flywheel. If the engine is locked up it wont turn. It takes a lot more current to turn the starter and the flywheel than it does to spin up the starter out of the car.

Check the one bottom front of the engine. Flywheel will not turn during Starting. Starter engages flywheel but flywheel does not turn.

Just replaced The starter. Flywheel is very hard to turn by hand. The mechanism to engage the flywheel is faulty probably the solenoid that activates it is either faulty it moves its internal parts to make contact and so the motor spins but it is not pulling the engaging mechanism at all Starter spins but doesnt engage.

The starter engages a ring gear on the flex plateflywheel. Either the starter is not actually engaging the flex plate or the flex plate is cracked and broken. Since the flex plate is also bolted to the torque converter it may actually crank but not turn the engine over as you describe.

If the mounting bolt is loose the starter drive will not engage the flywheel properly. It will make a grinding noise when you try to fire up your engine. It will make a grinding noise when you try to fire up your engine.

After further testing starter solenoid was not passing the voltage. Starter engaged but engine would not turn over. Tried turning engine at crank but would not move.

Removed spark plug and engine still would not turn. After removing top cover of engine to look at things I grab the flywheel and I could turn engine. Attempted to start engine and it started right up.

Does starter engage flywheel. The starter motor itself has a device called a Bendix gear which engages its pinion with the gear ring on the flywheel only while the starter is turning the engine. It disengages as soon as the engine picks up speed and there are two ways by which it does so the inertia system and the pre-engaged system.

Starter motor wont turn flywheel. It is the high current circuit that is probably at fault. There is no high voltage circuit.

The sort of fault you are looking for will be a low resistance in a connection of a large cable wire from the battery to the solenoid solenoid to the starter motor or engine block to the. A grinding sound can occur when one of two things happens. The most common problem is that the starter gear has broken and is making noise.

The less common of the two is that the teeth of the flywheel have been worn down. This causes the starter gear to not engage properly and grind against the flywheel. Starter motor pinion Bendix gear not engaging with flywheel - YouTube.

I hold the cable long enough to crank the engine. The starter spins but the gear wont go up to engage the flywheel. Tan MerCruiser Certified Technician replied 8 years ago Spray some light oil WD40 on the starter shaft.

Starter engages flywheel and turns but as soon as the first cylinder fires the starter disengages from flywheel. Motor will not start on first hit. I have a 1989 yamaha 2 stroke 225 hp.

The starter will not turn the flywheel. The batteries are new and I installed a rebuilt starter. Starter does not turn or turns over slowly when key is turned.

Check the rest of the electrical system for the correct voltage grounds and wiring. Often the starter is misdiagnosed as the culprit for electrical system problems when the problem really lies in some other area of the system. 02 Starter turns but doesnt turn the motor.

A starter motors pinion gear is not constantly engaging the ring gear on the flywheel. Instead the starter pushes the smaller gear out to engage with the flywheel with a part called the Bendix which is not much more than a big electromagnet. Check to see if you have installed the battery cables on the battery posts correctly.

If the are are on the wrong posts the starter will turn backwards causing it not to engage the flywheel. If none of this fails its as simple as just replacing the flywheel. If you did a bench test on the starter and the bendix engaged that is good.

Buying parts from an Auto parts store does not gurantee the part is good and that the bendix engages the full distance to turn the flywheel. I have a Husqvarna Zero Turn 61 mower with a Kawasaki FH680V ES21 23 hp engine. Problem is starter motor isnt cranking engine.

The starter pinion spins but is not rising to engage the flywheel. I have already done the following. Replaced starter relay with a new one even though old relay output was a good 12V.

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I can see the starter spinning when I turn the key but it does not extend upwards and engage the flywheel. How can I tell if it is the solenoid or the starter that I need or are they one in the same. I am putting together a 69 350.

When I hit the starter it engages the gear into the flywheel but it does not seem to want to disengage. I can stop the starter and the see it does not seem to be stuck on the flywheel. I test the starter on the bench and it disengages back great.

Just not so good in the engine. I have tried shimming with no luck.