Starter Motor: Service and Repair

STARTER MOTOR REPLACEMENT

Remove or Disconnect
- Place the vehicle on a hoist.
1. Negative battery cable.

Starter Motor Mounting On The 2.5L Engine:

2. Brush end mounting bracket on the 2.5L engine starter motor.
3. Solenoid wiring.
On the 4.3L, raise the vehicle halfway on the hoist, and reach through the right wheel well.
- Raise the vehicle.

4 Wheel Drive Vehicles:

4. Four bolts on the skid plate (if equipped).
5. Skid plate (if equipped).
8. Bolts and the two brackets holding the brake line to the crossmember.
7. Crossmember (three bolts on each side).
8. Bracket holding the transmission fluid cooler lines to the flywheel housing, brace rod to the flywheel housing and/or the lower flywheel housing if necessary.

All Models:

9. Two bolts holding the starter to the engine.
10. Starter and the shim (if present).


Install or Connect

Meshing Starter And Flywheel Teeth:

Flywheel To Pinion Clearence:

Shimming The Starter Motor On The 2.8L Engine:

Shimming The Starter Motor On The 2.8L Engine:

1. Starter and shim (if present) to the engine with bolts.
Tighten
- Bolts on the 2.5L engine to 43 N.m (31 ft. lbs.).
- Bolts on the 2.8L and 4.3L engines to 45 N.m (33 ft. lbs.).

4 Wheel Drive Vehicles:

2. Lower flywheel housing (if removed).
3. Transmission lines bracket to the housing (if present).
4. Brace rod to the housing (if equipped).
5. Crossmember to the frame end with six bolts.
6. Two brake line brackets to the crossmember with bolts.
7. Skid plate (if equipped).

4.3L Engine:

- Lower the hoist halfway.
8. Solenoid wiring by reaching through the right wheel well.

All Vehicles:

- Lower the vehicle.

Starter Motor Mounting On The 2.5L Engine:

9. Brush end mounting bracket and wiring (2.5L).

Tighten
- Mounting bracket nuts to 8 N.m (75 in. lbs.).
10. Wires to the solenoid terminals.
11. Negative battery cable.