Why is my truck not starting?

Asked by David Jan 14, 2023 at 12:23 AM about the 2000 GMC Sierra 1500 SL Standard Cab LB

Question type: General

I just bought a new starter and it ingages with the flywheel
but when I go to turn the key the starter ingages the flywheel
at the start but then the starter just starts spinning after that.
What can I do to fix my problem

5 Answers

40,005

Crap starter ? Bad install ? Don't tear up the teeth on the fly wheel or you'll be totally bummed ,Buy AC delco , OEM parts . Over the years I've had to eventually get a quality starter on some vehicles so I've learned to spend the extra bucks and install OEM parts the first time .

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310,245

They don’t want to maintain this portion of the site. Worse case on your starter issue as you stated it has a flywheel then make sure the ring gear hasn’t come loose from the flywheel. I have seen this happen a number of times.

40,005

Gone too far ? Maybe , there was a time when there was 2-3 pages of spam that had to be flagged everyday .

157,615

Check your flywheel for missing or broken teeth. Also check the starter drive gear to flywheel ring gear teeth clearance. You might need to shim the starter to get the proper clearance. Clearance is checked with a round feeler gauge in between the teeth as shown below. Hope that helps! Jim

35,335

As mentioned above. No proper gap between the stater bendix and flywheel gears (teeth), worn flywheel or faulty starter.

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