Starter grinds

[90tsistorm]

So the starter on my car seems to grind on the flywheel for some reason. I just put in a brand new starter, which did not help at all it starts after cranking a little bit. I did also fell around on the flywheel teeth and they seem like there fine. Ok so I have searched figured that maybe the shop that rebuilt the tranny in my car before I bought it might not have reinstalled the starter plate. So my questions is can you tell if it's been put in without taking the tranny out.

 

[TurkF26]

Are you sure you have the correct starter for your car????? If im not mistaken, AWD and FWD starters have different amounts of teeth on them.

 

[90tsistorm]

Yes it's the same as the one that was originally in the car and that one worked for about 3 weeks and then it started grinding so then i swapped the starters out. I read in a post that without the starter plate that the bolts for the starter may loosen and the starter will not align right on the flywheel.