can't get that third starter bolt very tight...

[GREASE FIRE]

i recently mentioned that i was having problems with cranking and finally concluded it had to be the starter since everything else checked out ok. I have had good luck and good service from DB electrical in TN so i bought one of denso "style" starters and put it on. That thing cranks really, really fast compared to the autozone mitsubishi one - so now i know it was the starter. I will get them to give me another one since the old one had a lifetime warranty and keep it as a spare - but on the whole i would say those things are no good since it was less than a year old and not abused.

anyway, that third bolt on the denso style was even harder than on the old one to tighten. i tried every combo of sockets and extensions i have and it was just impossible to get a really hard crank on it like i did the other two. I got it on there snug but i think it needs a little more. How do others deal with that? it's just so hard to get the socket on there perfectly square so i can tighten without stripping it.

BTW if this one does not last beyond the 1 year warrantly i will probably spend the money on a real denso. Anyone know the best place to get them and how much they cost?
thanks,
Paul

 

[RLDSL]

Real high torque snap on 1/4" drive air ratchet and a series of wobble extensions. goes right on

If you have the beast up on 4 ramps get under there where youare sitting upright behind the bellhousing facing forward on the passenger side and with your left hand and a short box end wrench you can reach up from underneath and over the top and get the thing as well. Not as easy as the extensions though.

 

[sootman73]

i just put the nippondenso starter from db electrical on. i used a 3/8" ratchet, deep well 1/2" and a 6 in extension. wasn't on it perfectly but it wasn't off enough to matter. not a very big angle. like ten degrees or something. you'll be just fine to wrench on it tighter than you did.

 

[sle2115]

I used like an 18" extension from the front and it worked well. May need a wobble joint, but on mine it didn't. Of course, I may have a different starter as well.