BrokenSockets
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ayr, Ontario
Hey guys, 96 XJ 4.0 auto 242 with about 400K on the clock.
It sounds like the starter is not meshing with the ring gear. Turn key and just get whir of motor, no cranking - except occasionally will catch if
I keep cycling the key repeatedly. Barely starts to inch around, and sometimes then starts turning the engine and starting up.
This started happening a couple of weeks ago and got worse fairly quickly to the point of not engaging the ring gear at all.
Had the starter completely rebuilt last week. (also, someone broke the magnets trying to give it a few taps from the bottom - don't know how they got my hammer.)
New (rebuilt) starter is in - same thing. Started with difficulty for a few days now just spins without engaging the ring gear. pulled it out and jumped it with the battery and the bendix seems to pop out normally. Looked at the ring gear teeth and the do not really look worn.
Turning the engine 45 or 90 degrees by hand and trying again made no difference to whether the gear engaged, gear on the starter does not look too bad either.
Not sure where to look from here - any ideas on how to figure out what is at fault?
It sounds like the starter is not meshing with the ring gear. Turn key and just get whir of motor, no cranking - except occasionally will catch if
I keep cycling the key repeatedly. Barely starts to inch around, and sometimes then starts turning the engine and starting up.
This started happening a couple of weeks ago and got worse fairly quickly to the point of not engaging the ring gear at all.
Had the starter completely rebuilt last week. (also, someone broke the magnets trying to give it a few taps from the bottom - don't know how they got my hammer.)
New (rebuilt) starter is in - same thing. Started with difficulty for a few days now just spins without engaging the ring gear. pulled it out and jumped it with the battery and the bendix seems to pop out normally. Looked at the ring gear teeth and the do not really look worn.
Turning the engine 45 or 90 degrees by hand and trying again made no difference to whether the gear engaged, gear on the starter does not look too bad either.
Not sure where to look from here - any ideas on how to figure out what is at fault?
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