So ,here is some new info on the 4kw Denso knock off starter.
Went to work last week, went to go home, truck no crank, just spinning the starter, gear clipping the flywheel randomly.
Crawled underneath and the bottom bolt was gone and top was loose. Now I love the 12 point head bolts BUT on the DB starter it only mounts with 2 bolts and the holes are bigger than 3/8. So the flange on the 12 pt bolt cuts into the aluminum starter housing and it gets loose, when you retighten it bottoms out on the trans case.
So I figured I would just tighten top bolt and put in a new bottom,,, nope,, broken off below flush of course. Took shop truck home to deal with another day.
So last friday I got under with some lefty drill bits to back it out, no go, it had rusted black because it was doing all the ground current. Had to drill and tap out the curls.
So reinstalled with gr8 hex head as the top is easy to get to on this starter, double flat washers and copious never seez, tighter than hell. Starter is super quiet now.
So if your starter changes sound even a tiny bit, get under there and check the bolts.
the best part was the metal that found my eyelid and got removed today at the eye doc
Went to work last week, went to go home, truck no crank, just spinning the starter, gear clipping the flywheel randomly.
Crawled underneath and the bottom bolt was gone and top was loose. Now I love the 12 point head bolts BUT on the DB starter it only mounts with 2 bolts and the holes are bigger than 3/8. So the flange on the 12 pt bolt cuts into the aluminum starter housing and it gets loose, when you retighten it bottoms out on the trans case.
So I figured I would just tighten top bolt and put in a new bottom,,, nope,, broken off below flush of course. Took shop truck home to deal with another day.
So last friday I got under with some lefty drill bits to back it out, no go, it had rusted black because it was doing all the ground current. Had to drill and tap out the curls.
So reinstalled with gr8 hex head as the top is easy to get to on this starter, double flat washers and copious never seez, tighter than hell. Starter is super quiet now.
So if your starter changes sound even a tiny bit, get under there and check the bolts.
the best part was the metal that found my eyelid and got removed today at the eye doc