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CHEVY S10 STARTER REMOVAL

First, disconnect the negative battery cable.

There may be a support bracket attached to the end of the starter. Lift the engine slightly with a hydraulic jack and block of wood to remove the bolt that attaches the starter to the bracket. You shouldn't need to remove the bracket from the engine.

Remove the small inspection plate that is installed on the bell housing next to the starter.

There are two bolts that are installed vertically at the bottom of the starter near the bell housing cover. While removing these bolts make sure to support the starter to keep it from falling. The starter should drop down far enough to disconnect the wiring attached to the solenoid. It's a good idea to mark the cables with chalk or tape, noting where they are attached so that you may reconnect them later.

There seems to be a lot more to this bracket than given here. I recently replaced my starter and noticed that the bracket was missing. Upon installing the starter it only whines (runs at high speed and does not engage the flywheel. Does this bracket in fact align the starter gear with the flywheel? I noticed that when the two main support bolts were slightly loose there is a lot of side-to-side play in the starter, enough to jam or miss engagement? Seems pretty strange to me. Book says to use gauge pin, ha, who writes these things.

Sorry man, it's obvious this guy has never removed a starter from a 96 S10, take the drivers side tire off go thru the flap and unhook the wires first, the starter won't just drop down.

He never said what he did to correct problem? I replaced the starter as he described and it whined. I got a light and watched the gear as starter ran; the gear hit on the side of the flywheel; too close. My book is very poor but it indicates that shims may be necessary on the large bolts. I started with .030 and have now gone to .085. Starter engages most of the time especially when cold; hot takes up to 3 trys. Left that fool bracket off. What a mess!

Hi, I've been working on this for months. Thought Henry Ford had an idea! Replaceable parts w/o remachining everything. Of course this is a GM. I am up to 0.100 shims (homemade) and it still whines and gear hit flywheel when hot. That's precision? There were no shims originally. There is NO way to gauge it on newer S10's. It used to be a poor procuct would spell doom for the manufact'r...not anymore or was that why they failed? Going to 0.125 today....I now never unhook the wires and unked the back bracket. By the way, my book said when it whined to replace the starter...must have sold a lot of starters with that one....

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