Starter binded ip on the flywheel

[Canty]

Hey everyone. Have you ever had a tooth of the starter and a tooth of a flywheel get binded together? So tightly the starter could not turn and could not spin the motor by hand. I had to remove the front cover and basically tap the starter teeth with a screwdriver to unwedge it. It's a brand new starter and a brand new battery. No, the starter isn't OE because the OE I have doesn't extend the bendix even after rebuild. Could this be a sign of a wore out flywheel or just a freak circumstance? I have started it a few times since with no issue. I'm just concerned to be in the middle of the lake and it happens again.
Thanks

 

[mikidymac]

Sounds like a bad starter. The gears should never bind.

Are you sure it isn't inserted crooked?

And as you know the aftermarket starters........

 

[Ckrawiec]

I'm going to PLUS one on the starter being mis-aligned.....the gears should mesh, never bind like you describe...there just isn't supposed to be that kind of "clearance" between the flywheel teeth and the bendix teeth to align top of tooth to top of tooth.

UNLESS of course, the AM starter has a smaller bendix gear than it should have. AM starters....beware!

 

[Canty]

I'll look into that. Thanks.