Solved! Chevy 350 Eating Starters - Powermaster XS Torque Starter - How to Shim & Install + Review 

You probably did it wrong. I'm sure your 283/454 that u built has came apart since you tried to build it.

Sounds like a headache from the start! Didn't know I had to make my own shims for a starter that is pretty much made for this exact engine!? I bought a Powermaster 9200 starter from Summit a couple months ago. Just now getting time to bolt it up, but guess what? The main body is almost .250" smaller than O.e.m. so now I can't send it back and I have to make shims and try to make it work! Smh!

@@minnie19booboo important to note that our engine is running a different crank and a different flexplate, so the starter can't really be "made" for our engine

Lmao yes, I hate those connectors, it's the same situation on the battery end of those wires and I really am trying to find 0 gauge connectors that are clean on their own

@@VeryGoodGarage I'd just go with something simple like this: www.amazon.com/Copper-Battery-Welding-Connector-Terminals/dp/B07HKQDVF2/ The less bulky, the better, IMO. Of course, you'll also need the special crimping tool: www.amazon.com/IWISS-Battery-Cable-Crimping-Cutter/dp/B00MVE48Z6/ And then *after* you crimp it down, I like to heat up the lug and dump a bunch of electronics grade solder down into the 'cup' until it's almost full. Let that cool down completely, then finish it off with some large diameter heat shrink tubing and a heat gun: www.amazon.com/RockDIG-74PCS-Double-Wall-Adhesive-Assortment/dp/B07MW27JNZ/ www.amazon.com/Wagner-Spraytech-0503008-Heat-Gun/dp/B00004TUCV/ It'll look good, be minimal in diameter, and most importantly *safe* from short circuiting!! (this comment is not in ANY WAY sponsored by Amazon) ^_^

Oh okay awesome, for some reason it never occurred to me to find these for my giant wire, but I already use these on my smaller wires! Got the crimper and everything, so I'll order a pack

@@VeryGoodGarage Awesome! Glad I could be of some help!! =)

Hopefully these will do better ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H4W4T_zgap8.html

Yeah that original flexplate had a lot of abuse, I don't blame it for its failure. And the quadrant was 3D printed! We modeled that and printed ourselves, we may still have the stl file somewhere

Good thing we don't work at Chrysler!

Exactly! You can potentially harm the electronics by not removing the ground.

@@davidcarr6831 Huh? I don't understand what you mean about harming electronics. You *do* need to be very careful that if you only disconnect the positive terminal; you don't just chunk it down into the engine bay. If it hits anything (grounded) metal, it will cause a dead short in the battery. But that would only harm the battery. I don't see how it could really harm anything else, unless maybe it hit the alternator housing or something. Disconnecting EITHER battery terminal (positive -or- negative) breaks the complete cycle of electricity to/from the battery. But I do agree that disconnecting the GROUND cable is probably the better choice Generally, if I'm working on anything electrical like a starter, alternator, distributor, car stereo.. I just disconnect *both* battery cables to be on the safe side. If you like living on the edge and *only* disconnect your positive battery cable, *please* put the terminal down inside an old, *thick* cloth/leather glove (welding gloves are great). And add a bit of duct tape just for good measure around the wire and the hole your hand normally goes in so that it can't possibly come out of the glove. =)

I learned that in kindergarten...

​@@Lloyd33I'm glad you told that punk azz off even da brotha's runnin round jackin everythang knows that

@@Lloyd33what are you talking about? If you disconnect the pos terminal the only think left energized is the pos terminal on the battery

Thank you!

Actually we realized later that if your starter is that off, it might mean that the flex plate isn't shimmed properly rather than the starter, and we did actually have a flex plate shimming video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d6R3SG0HxBA.html

The flex plate was moving back and forth due to a bad crank/crank bearings, so the starter gear was not always lined up properly

sounds like its not grounded good enough or there is a wire that goes from the positive battery cable and goes to the ignition box on older chevys make sure it is super energised i mean the wire is hooked with the positive cable compleatly hooked up or you will have the problem that you are having check out youtube wiering harness 1968- 1972 chevy el camino or impaula it will help you out thats what i did fixed my 70 elki right up. Larry B

yeah, I need one that moves it closer. I was hoping this would solve my problem, but nope.

Lol that sounds custom or car specific, you'd have to find the schematic for your car's wiring or follow the wires to find out

Purple to the s term. Yellow to the A terminal big red to the large hot terminal

It should!

Different chevy blocks from different years have different starter bolt holes on the block, so this starter comes with all of the possible holes for compatibility reasons, so we used the only two holes we can use for our specific block

We also have excessive crank play, due to the transmission not being installed with enough clearance at some point, breaking the old pump rotor in the process and starting the extra wear around the crank/bearing surface. Basically, the crank needs replaced :(

Even the new AC delco starters are made in China and that sucks!!

We destroyed the gear actually, but it wasn't its fault, we had a flex plate completely destroy itself and it also destroyed our starter gear ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xw2RGW5Gc2c.html, and sadly we haven't had time to fix the burb for a while so I'm not sure

@@VeryGoodGarage wow thanks for replying

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It's a 383 rebuild that was our first engine build. It's not stock at all and a stock motor wouldn't need shims like this unless something was very wrong.

Damn, sorry to hear that :( Hopefully we can make our music less distracting in our other videos

@@VeryGoodGarage don't listen to this crybaby.. barely noticed it.