Slow Turnover when engine's hot?

[cstanley]

thanks guys. nope, my old one was definitely trashed. it had always been sort of loud when cranking, i thought. then it was making crazy grinding/chewing racket the other day. pulled it, and the gear was ripping itself off of the shaft. it was almost completely torn through. caught it just in time, hopefully my flywheel isn't damaged. the new starter works like a dream...i can't ever remember it being that quiet and easy to start (except for the heat thing.) maybe the other one was always improperly shimmed/aligned.