All American
New Member
This has happened on my 6.5 non turbo and my 6.5 turbo trucks... The starter seems to want to push away from the flex plate when cranking, and ends up sliding over just enough to not mesh properly, and causing a laundry list of problems; chewed up starter teeth, flex plate teeth, pulling out the starter bolt threads, the non turbo even cracked the back of the block just behind the bolt holes for the starter! :WTF: I have the little bracket on the front of the starter to the block on there. Any suggestions? I have 2 dead trucks for the same issue! I have to believe this is somewhat common and someone here has dealt with it! Thanks :mad2: