From: Glenn Shaw (mpmutt@mtaofnj.us)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 08:15:43 PDT
Hi
GM Diesel Starters have this problem quite often. Have repaired this a
few times now on various customers trucks. Make sure you still have the
rear support on the starter. Many mechanics when they work on the
trucks don't bother to put it back on. They think that because they
don't see it on a gas engine its not needed. Also the bolts need to be
very tight and locktighted with blue or even red to help prevent this.
After it happens you can get the piece out but it will not be fun. If
you do not, the new it will not last with 1/4 inch thread working.
Have fun;
Glenn
MVPA
MTANJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Amnon [mailto:amnon@deltaforce.net]
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:20 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] M1009 started problem
I drove the M1009 yesterday and all was working fine. After returning I
turned it off on the driveway. Later on I opened the gate to pull it to
its usuall parking place under a roof, but when I tried to start it all
I got was a fast spinning starter. I thought that maybe the solenoid
didn't enguage so I did it again and again until the thought came to
mind that if the solenoid did enguage it wouldn't even spin. Crawled
under it to see if I can see anything, and lo and behold, the rear bolt
(the one towards the rear of the vehicle) wasn't there at all. I went
and got the right starter bolt from Car-Quest but it didn't find any
threads to screw in to. I took the other bolt out and it looks like the
missing bolt snapped about 1/4 inch inside the hole on the engine.
Looking at the new bolt (for those of you who know the bolts) it looked
like it snapped right at the begining of the thread, where the wider
part of the bolt starts.
The hole is so close to the bell housing that I couldn't get any kind of
a drill bit to go straight in without any angle, unless I can find extra
long bits somewhere. I guess I could thread the wider part of the hole
up to the broken bolt and use a different (shorter) bolt to secure it,
but I am worried that 1/4 inch of thread may not be enough to do the
job.
Any thought?
Shalom Ya'll
Amnon Nissan
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