So I occasionally get the infamous starter grind now. I know some folks filed the teeth on their starter gear to get rid of this but I haven't been able to find any specific directions on EXACTLY how to file the teeth (or better yet, pictures). Can anybody help me out?
all you need to do it take off your starter, get a file, and file the first 1/8th inch of each tooth where it actually contacts the flywheel (you can see where it contacts because the metal will be shinier), and just file it at a 45 deg. angle. I'll take a pic tonight when I go to work of an angled tooth starter.
sorry to bring this back from the dead, but I think i'm getting this grind too. Were you able to take any pics of this? How unsafe is it for the starter to do this? I only started getting the grind recently and I've had the flywheel for over a month.
there have been a couple times when it that happens with my starter too. but usually i just hear a grinding/scraping sound a split second before the engine starts
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06 Nissan 350Z 6MT (Born 2/10/06) 
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