78 K10 with 84 305. Stater Alignment

[Irish_Alley]

could be worn on part of the flywheel. whats trans do you have

[VileZambonie]

pix

[drtbikkid]

it has a granny 4 speed manual.

i will try to get some pics up today. hopefully the ol cell phone cam will have enough detail.

i am also going to put the OE starter back in and try the 1 side shim idea on it. and order a brace from summit. i couldnt find much detail on the specs of that brace.. how confident are we it will fit my 305?

[Irish_Alley]

what brace??? most time sb will fit sb but 400s now they are diffrent

[drtbikkid]

this brace: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NAL-354353/

not sure if mine came with one factory or not... know anything about these?

[drtbikkid]

Update: my starter brace will be here form summit tomorrow. i will get some pics of the teeth up today.

i read some other stuff about adding grounds to alleviate some strain from the starter. does anyone know the best locations for those?

i have heard:
firewall to block.
block to frame
battery to fender
battery to alt brkt
seeing as it is not original motor, im sure not all of the factory grounds are in place from what ever hill billy did the swap.
should there be any grounds coming to or from the starter?

i miss my truck!

[beastie_3]

just what is in the stock location will be fine. body to block, block to frame, battery to block. your problem isnt the grounds if you have these three.

[drtbikkid]

got around to getting some pics of my flywheel. how do yall think the teeth look? anything else about the set up jump out?

this is my 1st time posting pics, let me know if they come out alright.

[VileZambonie]

Looks like it will live. You should have fusible links where you have those butt connectors.

[DRDIRT11]

i found the bolt holes on mine were either wollored out or 10mm instead of 3/8. tomarrow i am going to get another starter nose and im getting a bracket but i dont no what i need or where it goes.

[DRDIRT11]

that fixed mine. when previous  owner replaced  starter nose shop used a newr one with 10mm then 3/8 bolts. can you say sloppy. now it is nice and tight and works good. i am putting front bracket on tomarrow when it gets here. my fly wheel looked worse so urs should be fine. for those about to rock!

[drtbikkid]

so should i tap the holes out to a 10mm-1.25 or something? where did you get the new hardware, as i am assuming my bolts are 3/8's.

or are you saying, that the 10mm bolts fit in the wollered out 3/8 hole with out tapping.

i was thinking about trying a helicoil. anyone ever have any luck with those in this situation? i am afraid the threads are too deep to use one effectively.

[beastie_3]

throwing a 10mm bolt in a 3/8 hole will work once or twice, IF it doesnt wear from the starter torque. Id hate to be driving down the road and all of a sudden im dragging my starter.

[DRDIRT11]

i got a older starter nose that had  3/8 holes and used my 3/8 bolts. your starter has 10mm holes if its a newr gear reduction starter. when u buy a starter go to someone who specializes in that. rebuilding starters and take ur bolts and try them in the starter. they shpould fit snug

[jaredts]

Where did you get the starter?  Is it oem for a later model truck, or aftermarket for a "regular" sbc?  There's only .019" difference between a 10mm and 3/8", not saying that doesn't matter but that sure doesn't seem like much.