[dmg5606]

Wondering if anybody knew what size Flywheel went on a 4.3 mercursier lx 96 model with serial number OF755940. Needless to say there was no lake action this weekend. Does u shim these starters? Any help would be greatly appreciated so i can get sum parts ordered .

[dmg5606]

just for future reference mine was a 14" to anyone else with a 168 teeth ring gear.

[jmills224]

Was your flywheel toast? I'm not sure on my lx gen+ but I think its the same starter that GM had on thier trucks and the starter bolts(all two of them) were notorious for backing off and destroying flywheels.

~J

[dmg5606]

starter was tight , it wore tha teeth out on tha flywheel i guess over time but i found out u can replace just tha teeth on tha flywheel bad thing is i gotta pull tha motor. i tried a new starter it worked sounded like it had a little bad spot so i decided to replace tha ring gear. it wasnt but 37.00$ and my time. dont wanna take a chance on getting stranded.