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[DownZero]

Need some advice. 69 charger, 383, 4sp. Starter was acting up, sometimes the bendix wouldn't kick in and sometimes it would stay engaged after starting. Replaced it with a reman from car quest. Sounded really weird and had a high pitch noise. Old starter had a shim. Never saw a mopar with a shim before. Soooo, was there more than one starter application and did dodge use shims?

 

[Don Frelier]

I've never seen a shim on a Mopar.
No don't believe they used more than one model starter on a big block.

 

[NOSTRT980]

https://www.manciniracing.com/stststsh.html

they call it a shield if this is what your talking about.

 

[DownZero]

That looks like what is on there but why would it be needed on the normal/ factory starter?

 

[moparedtn]

Here ya go:
https://www.manciniracing.com/marastshre.html
Think of it as a dust shield, as there are little gaps otherwise between starter and bell.