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350, distributer, distributor, distrubutor, engaged, manifold, mark, oil, pump, sbc, seat, seating, set, shaft, shims, wont

Distributor won't fully seat??

Confuzed1 on Apr 18, 2011

Jan 23, 2025 06:02 PM
by skinny z

23

19,814

Tech / General Engine

11, 9bolt, bearing, bolt, borg, end, gear, gears, install, pattern, pinion, rear, shims, transmission, warner

Gear pattern check 9 bolt borg warner

camaro688 on Nov 11, 2012

Mar 8, 2020 12:58 PM
by camaro688

11

4,600

Transmissions and Drivetrain

boss, buff, cross, dremel, guide, head, intake, knocked, lt1, numbers, port, project, shims, spring, valve, wiki

LT1 Head conversion project. (Info, Part numbers and Prices)

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1 2)

FueledSoul on Sep 19, 2010

Dec 20, 2015 03:36 AM
by WASyL

77

51,043

Fabrication

350, aftermarket, chevy, db, electrical, gm, high, hook, lt1, mini, ministarter, put, review, sdr0059, shims, starter, starters, torque

High Torque Mini Starter from rarelelctrical.com

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1 2)

raynehr on Aug 12, 2013

Dec 5, 2015 11:02 PM
by fkboatman

51

14,611

Aftermarket Vendor Review

88, caprice, engage, engaging, flywheel, gear, grinding, hitting, ls1, pinion, rebuilt, shims, starter, teeth, time, wont

starter wont engage flywheel!

jmacmurray112 on Mar 25, 2012

Nov 16, 2015 07:15 PM
by XxGeinNothingxX

22

14,160

Tech / General Engine

[Sold]

Procharger P1SC supercharger kit

anesthes on Oct 30, 2013

Nov 30, 2013 07:30 AM
by anesthes

11

1,874

Engine/Drivetrain/Suspension Parts for Sale

Shims at the carrier....???

techno101 on Oct 29, 2013

Oct 30, 2013 07:01 AM
by big gear head

4

1,710

Transmissions and Drivetrain

715, 720, 77, gen, lifter, lifters, ls7, lt1, pushrod, shimmed, shimming, shims

Setting up pushrods and some LS7 lifter compare pic's

Tony89GTA on Sep 8, 2013

Sep 8, 2013 01:29 PM
by Tony89GTA

0

4,961

TPI

3rd, 89, adjustable, camaro, cheap, clutch, cylinder, cylinders, flywheel, gen, internal, master, shim, shims, slave, spacer

Adjustable slave cylinder or shim flywheel.

Cam455 on Jun 17, 2013

Jun 18, 2013 12:45 PM
by excessiveego

3

2,057

Transmissions and Drivetrain

9 bolt posi shims?

TPI-Formula350- on Feb 4, 2013

Mar 1, 2013 04:11 PM
by Base91

6

952

Transmissions and Drivetrain

2nd, 50, 57, angled, camaro, carb, carburated, carbureted, conversion, gen, install, intake, kit, shims, swap, swapping, tpi

5.7 tpi carb swap ?

92 Formula Carb on Jan 15, 2013

Jan 16, 2013 11:03 AM
by bestracing

2

1,686

Carburetors

axle, axles, car, form, ls1, lt1, pulling, shims

I had to pull the axles for my LS1 brake swap

blakecharles on Aug 16, 2012

Aug 16, 2012 07:21 PM
by Edwardgp

2

721

Transmissions and Drivetrain

87, bearing, carrier, shims, spin, thirdgen, z28

Help!!!

ryans01z28 on Apr 12, 2012

Apr 22, 2012 07:12 PM
by ryans01z28

9

637

Transmissions and Drivetrain

305, 354, 60, 85, camaro, dana, dimple, distributor, distrubuter, dot, gear, high, issues, shim, shimming, shims, tpi

Distributor Gear Shim

FireDemonSiC on Mar 23, 2012

Mar 24, 2012 09:22 AM
by Damon

9

2,629

Tech / General Engine

305, 350, 83, area, audi, car, coming, engine, loud, noise, oil, pan, screech, screeching, shims, starter, transmission

loud screeching coming from bottom of engine...

dornewass on Feb 24, 2012

Feb 28, 2012 04:28 PM
by dornewass

5

1,420

Tech / General Engine

Where to buy 9-bolt shims and other Qs.

Base91 on Feb 16, 2012

Feb 16, 2012 06:38 PM
by Twin_Turbo

3

757

Transmissions and Drivetrain

10, 410, 95, bolt, camro, changing, crush, end, gear, needed, posi, rear, shims, sleeve, ten, z28

95 Z28 10 bolt POSI - 2.73 to 4.10

Sick92 on Dec 29, 2011

Dec 30, 2011 07:54 AM
by Sick92

2

1,805

Transmissions and Drivetrain

Limited slip has no slip?

cprepared125 on Oct 4, 2011

Oct 4, 2011 11:35 PM
by RocketyMan

1

993

Transmissions and Drivetrain

350, 3rd, battery, car, click, diagram, fbody, gen, shims, sound, sounds, start, starter, wont, work, working

New starter won't work, w/ new battery

bojangler on Aug 26, 2011

Aug 26, 2011 09:37 PM
by Joefuss

5

1,365

Tech / General Engine

1987, 1997169, 28, 305, camaro, cheap, egr, gm, gm1997169, install, oe, shims, soleniods, solenoid, tpi

How can I tell what EGR solenoid I need?

PneumaticTire on Jun 20, 2006

Jul 23, 2011 05:37 PM
by KITT1983

5

2,724

TPI

138, 305, 350, 87, 90, corvette, firebird, flywheel, place, shim, shims, starter, tooth, transmission, turbo, wat

New starter.. same issue

jeff_blake on Apr 5, 2011

Jun 7, 2011 01:49 AM
by jeff_blake

21

3,889

Tech / General Engine

12x41, 75, aam, al, chevy, end, gears, gm, interpret, marks, montgomery, pinion, rear, ring, shims

AAM Ring & Pinion Expert - Help Please

84Elky on Jun 4, 2011

Jun 4, 2011 06:24 PM
by sofakingdom

1

2,495

Transmissions and Drivetrain

10185066, 10212809, cost, gm, heads, install, iron, l98, locaters, locator, locators, shim, shims, spring, valve

Valve Spring Locators

sch151 on Feb 22, 2011

Feb 25, 2011 03:40 PM
by t-top havoc

6

1,525

Tech / General Engine

axle, big, bolt, borg, carrier, central, gear, head, ky, pinion, pontiac, ratech, rebuild, remove, shaft, shims, warner

9 bolt help - rebuild

Riss on Feb 22, 2011

Feb 23, 2011 07:54 PM
by big gear head

8

995

Transmissions and Drivetrain

10, 75, backlash, bearings, body, bolt, carrier, crush, gears, gm, reuse, set, shimming, shims, sleeve, stock

Reusing stock shims when rebuilding rear

dimented24x7 on Feb 5, 2011

Feb 7, 2011 12:25 PM
by sofakingdom

8

17,839

Transmissions and Drivetrain

700r4, adapter, converter, expert, flexplate, gap, grinding, screeching, shims, torque

Need 700R4 expert help please!

1985WS6transam on Oct 4, 2010

Oct 5, 2010 08:11 PM
by J91

2

1,047

Transmissions and Drivetrain

10, 10bolt, 2002, bearings, bolt, camaro, pinion, rebuild, replacing, richmond, shim, shims, stock, tight, trans, turn

10 Bolt Rebuild Trouble

Mgb86 on Sep 27, 2010

Sep 29, 2010 01:35 PM
by Mgb86

9

988

Transmissions and Drivetrain

adjust, backlash, carrier, custom, diy, eaton, guide, leave, official, pinion, reusing, shims, stock, swap

Eaton swap....a couple of questions.

robertfrank on Jul 10, 2010

Sep 18, 2010 06:33 PM
by robertfrank

11

1,321

Transmissions and Drivetrain

backing, body, bolt, brake, brakes, camaro, fbody, fit, gen, ls1, moser, pad, plate, rear, retro, shim, shims

Shim/ no shim Rear LS1 brake retrofit

Gladstoneiroc on Aug 24, 2010

Aug 25, 2010 11:10 AM
by camaromike222

4

1,412

Brakes

belhousing, bellhousing, shim, shims, t5

t5 bellhousing

83ta5speed on Aug 8, 2010

Aug 9, 2010 11:55 PM
by jmd

1

531

Transmissions and Drivetrain

010, 2002, bearing, camaro, clutch, disengage, flywheel, problems, pulls, releasing, shim, shims, silverado, spring, t5, throw, wont

T5 Problems

Whoboy580 on Jun 22, 2010

Jun 25, 2010 04:20 PM
by Whoboy580

5

1,417

Transmissions and Drivetrain

10308, 1992, 600, blackbird, cc503, crane, gsx1100f, kit, lt1, shims, spring, springs, suzuki, valve

Crane Valve Spring kit

5-0 Blackbird on Jun 18, 2010

Jun 19, 2010 12:36 PM
by JakeJr

1

1,020

Tech / General Engine

129, 195, 195s, 383, afr, crower, eliminator, eliminators, engine, hyd, pocket, roller, shims, spring, springs, valve, with

AFR 195 Eliminator Spring Pocket

d4nk on May 5, 2010

May 6, 2010 05:59 AM
by Damon

1

1,411

Tech / General Engine

1992, 350, 6316, 6316ms, 6316s, autolight, firebird, manual, rebuild, requires, sbc, shims, starter, t5, transmission

How many shims for starter is too many

irocnroll89 on Apr 15, 2010

Apr 19, 2010 08:50 AM
by irocnroll89

2

1,846

TPI

305, camaro, engine, ls1, lt1, shim, shimming, shims, starter

starter shimming?

adamwbennett on Apr 15, 2010

Apr 17, 2010 09:46 PM
by Klortho

3

1,297

LTX and LSX

305, 350, 57, 88, 89, camaro, correct, engine, mamy, shim, shimmed, shimming, shims, starter, work

How many starter shims is too much

irocnroll89 on Apr 13, 2010

Apr 14, 2010 07:52 PM
by irocnroll89

5

3,765

Tech / General Engine

1992, 87, breaking, breakingstarter, burning, camaro, installation, irocz, rs, sbc, shim, shims, starter, starters, teeth

Keep breaking starters

racersedge1821 on Feb 6, 2010

Feb 12, 2010 09:03 PM
by QwkTrip

7

3,591

Engine Swap

1992, 91, camaro, car, high, illustation, making, noise, pitch, shem, shim, shimming, shims, starter, starterthirdgen

should i shim the starter??

lordmetalz28 on Oct 10, 2009

Oct 10, 2009 07:12 PM
by crash71

3

5,645

Transmissions and Drivetrain

ac, clutch, compressor, cycle, cycling, disengaged, freon, lot, low, make, makes, noise, noisy, shim, shims

A/C Compressor Clutch Noise and Cycling

AZ_James on Jul 14, 2009

Aug 6, 2009 02:41 PM
by AZ_James

4

6,565

Cooling

1993, 400, 400sbc, brace, caprice, engaing, sbc, shim, shimming, shims, starter

Can't seem to shim 400sbc properly.

lakeffect2 on Jun 7, 2009

Jun 7, 2009 09:16 PM
by lakeffect2

0

562

Tech / General Engine

02, 373, 82, 86, 92, camaro, flat, pinion, pionon, posi, race, shim, shims, size, wrx

Pinion shims

JPhillis on May 10, 2009

May 11, 2009 09:31 PM
by big gear head

5

1,410

Transmissions and Drivetrain

flipped, lifter, lifters, mazda, paper, resurface, reuse, reused, roller, rollor, sand, sandpaper, shim, shims, solid

can lifters be re-used

poomwah on May 5, 2009

May 6, 2009 11:40 AM
by ls six

6

1,126

Tech / General Engine

bbc, bending, bolts, changing, delco, grinding, instructions, ls1, mini, remy, round, shim, shims, starter, trans

Changing to mini starter - will I need shims?

andy625 on Mar 19, 2009

Mar 22, 2009 03:52 AM
by andy625

16

7,483

Tech / General Engine

additional, bearing, front, input, output, pennsylvania, race, rebuilders, rebuilers, retainer, shaft, shims, spins, t10, t5

Questions for Experienced T5 Rebuilders

92RS_Ttop on Mar 8, 2009

Mar 8, 2009 08:20 PM
by 92RS_Ttop

9

1,285

Transmissions and Drivetrain

10, bolt, bracket, caliper, calipers, camaro, dragging, fbody, pbr, problem, rear, removing, rub, rubbing, shims, wheel

PBR rear caliper problems...still rubbing

subroc on Feb 8, 2009

Mar 3, 2009 10:31 PM
by bl85c

15

2,193

Brakes

camaro, es, mount, plate, poly, shim, shims, spacer, tranny, trans, xmember

New ES Poly Trans Mount = How far to shim X-Member?

quisterio on Dec 28, 2008

Feb 24, 2009 10:43 AM
by hellz_wings

3

1,798

Transmissions and Drivetrain

350, 83, 87, bolt, camaro, clearance, flywheel, ford, mini, ministarter, move, pinion, shim, shims, starter, z28

Too much mini-starter Pinon/Flywheel clearance

CamarosRUS on Dec 13, 2008

Jan 3, 2009 02:11 PM
by CamarosRUS

9

7,859

Tech / General Engine

350, clicking, disengage, flexplate, hangs, lt1, noise, shim, shimming, shims, smoking, solenoid, spins, starter, tapping

LT1 Starter giving me problems

Mr.84TransAmer on Dec 29, 2008

Jan 2, 2009 02:27 AM
by Mr.84TransAmer

11

5,013

Southern California Area

79, camaro, electricity, shims, starter, z28

Starter installation questions

Tehsocks on Dec 28, 2008

Dec 28, 2008 05:10 PM
by paulo57509

6

964

Tech / General Engine

1254001, angel, axle, mount, orges, rear, shim, shimming, shims, th350, tranny, trans, transmission

ES Tranny Mount--The Shim Question

JamesC on Dec 2, 2008

Dec 7, 2008 07:40 PM
by //<86TA>\\

11

2,060

Transmissions and Drivetrain

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