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Starter doesn’t engage PLEASE HELP

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Nelson9995

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Apr 10, 2019
Isabela, Puerto_Rico
I have a 95 gst and I dropped the tranny to change clutch and flywheel. After I put everything back on I went to start the car up and the starter just spins, I tested the starter and the bendix is fine and it spins just fine. I went under the car to see if I could see through where the bottom part of flywheel is shown and I look up to the starter and had someone turn the switch and the starter gear/piñón pushed out and wasn’t grabbing the flywheel it looked like if it was just spinning on top of the flywheel. What could this be? this is my first could I have bought the wrong flywheel ? Or put somthing on wrong? Btw I but the shin plate back to where it goes could I get some help.
 
Did you buy a new flywheel? IIRC the awd/GSX flywheel is smaller diameter and won't work in a fwd/GST.

If the Bendix is kicking out and spinning, but not engaging the flywheel, then I suspect you have either the wrong fkywheel, starter, or shim plate. It sounded like you only changed the flywheel though.
 
Did you buy a new flywheel? IIRC the awd/GSX flywheel is smaller diameter and won't work in a fwd/GST.

If the Bendix is kicking out and spinning, but not engaging the flywheel, then I suspect you have either the wrong fkywheel, starter, or shim plate. It sounded like you only changed the flywheel though.
I put a awd flywheel on from rock auto the flywheel is a platinum driveline PDL FW554. I thought the fwd and awd where the same because both flywheels they had said for awd and my old flywheel is on rock auto but another brand I just got the more expensive because I don’t like to go to cheap on parts
 
I put a awd flywheel on from rock auto the flywheel is a platinum driveline PDL FW554. I thought the fwd and awd where the same because both flywheels they had said for awd and my old flywheel is on rock auto but another brand I just got the more expensive because I don’t like to go to cheap on parts

The all-wheel-drive flywheel is a smaller diameter due to the transfer case output shaft occupying space in the same area. You will have to get a front wheel drive turbo flywheel for your application. The clutch kit for both FWD turbo and AWD turbo is the same, only the flywheels and starters are different.
 
The all-wheel-drive flywheel is a smaller diameter due to the transfer case output shaft occupying space in the same area. You will have to get a front wheel drive turbo flywheel for your application. The clutch kit for both FWD turbo and AWD turbo is the same, only the flywheels and starters are different.
Ok thanks Amma start looking for another flywheel
 
The clutch kit for both FWD turbo and AWD turbo is the same, only the flywheels and starters are different.

Starter is the same between GSX and GS-T, but vary between manual and auto transaxles:

Starter part numbers:

5spd 90-93.5 md172860
5spd 93.5-94 md172861
auto 90-94 md172860
5spd 95-99 md172860
auto 95-99 md172861
 
Starter is the same between GSX and GS-T, but vary between manual and auto transaxles:

Starter part numbers:

5spd 90-93.5 md172860
5spd 93.5-94 md172861
auto 90-94 md172860
5spd 95-99 md172860
auto 95-99 md172861
Thank you! I was reading some old threads and misread some info alluding to the GST/GSX starters being different, my mistake :)
 
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