A while ago, i posted about a fairly new starter that had cracked the bousing which bots onto the engine block.

different suggestions was posted, including the possibility of wrong bolts being used, and shimming.

so, i bought a new starter, new bolts, shimmed the thing as best i could (used 2 shims), it worked fine (tho, it made a bit of a odd noise sometimes) never got around to checking into that, because, today the damn housing split again..

might of course just have been a bad starter, but it seems a bit odd that it should happen twice in such a short time..

any clues or experiences from anyone here?

car is an '86 Camaro Z28 with a 305 TPI .

thanks in advance,
-Camarogeddon

 

How does the starter ring on the flexplate look?

Did you check clearance in more than one spot on the flexplate? In other words, did you rotate the engine 1/3 turn and recheck the clearance, rotate another 1/3 and recheck?