The Hi-Torque starter thread Options

[IronHillRestorations]

I have a customer with a failing Hi-Torque starter. I'm not sure how to advise.

I've never had a problem with a Bosch starter, and I personally have experienced good and bad results (ruined flywheel) with Hi-Torque starters, and honestly don't know how to determine the good from the bad.

My personal inclination is toward advising to get a Bosch. He's an hour away so I'm advising he get's a local (to him) shop do the job.

I just want to make sure he gets a reliable starter. Please share your real world/practical experience.

[craig downs]

The hi torque starters sold on ebay from the guy in Riverside California are done right. I had one and it worked great until I was trying to start my car one day and it tried to backfire while the starter was engage which shattered the gear on the starter. I put my stock back in and hated it because it would hardly turn it over when the engine was cold. After a few months I happened to leave the seller of the starter a message if I could buy a gear from him and he responded and said sure. Since he was close to me I went over to his shop and he asked me if I would like to just trade mine in for a new one for $50.00 and it would be a new more powerful one so I said sure. After I put it in and tried it, it made a big difference and I happy have it back. While I was there I told him that some people have been having trouble with these starters from another vender destroying their flywheels. He showed me on his the end of the gear on 1 side of the teeth is chamfered and that allows it to aline itself with the flywheel gear and if that's not done then that is why the flywheels get damaged.