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Occasional noise after replacing starter

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hulbyw ·

Replaced the starter in my '68 Type1 with a recoed unit. All well except after a week, the starter is making a horrible noise sometimes when starting. Sounds like the starter gear is clashing with the flywheel. On reading the Bentley manual, the only thing I didn't do was greasing the starter shaft bushing. Before I pull the starter and grease the bush, is there anything else I should be doing?

Cheers.........Wayne

vw54 ·

Could be a different flywheel

HappyDaze ·

Looks like you did everything the right way, i.e., read the manual AFTER you've done the job. 😏

hulbyw ·

HappyDaze wrote:Looks like you did everything the right way, i.e., read the manual AFTER you've done the job. 😏
Hah! I read the idiot manual to do the job and it didn't mention greasing the bush😢🤪