Grinding Starter Motor

[destructiv dave 0]

Driving along earlier, when my head unit switched off completely and a slight grinding sound occurred.

 

My immediate thought with the stereo was that the X-relief relay had been activated, so not too concerned with that issue at the moment.

 

Pulled over at my brothers (was nearby anyway) to investigate. Tapped the starter with a hammer and tried firing up, but had a proper horrid grinding noise, so stopped.

 

Whipped out the starter and the ring gear on the starter shaft is wrecked.

 

Now I have the option of getting a starter off a mate and trying that, refurbing mine (if poss) or bying new, but I don't feel that is really getting to the source of the problem.

 

In the searches I have done on this, it keeps throwing up Ignition Switch problems...could this be a factor.

 

Many thanks in advance,

 

David

[samg60 0]

yeah ignition switch could be a problem, if it is brken and holding the starter engaged whilst driving, this just happened to mine an have trashed the starter motor.

lost all lights at the same time.

[destructiv dave 0]

Thanks for that.

 

The stereo switching itself was so occassional that I blamed it on it being a Sony head unit issue...that was until today when I trashed my starter motor.

 

Well seeing as I am dropping out the whole subframe and turbocharging the engine whilst doing a clutch change and renewing/uprating everything else that I can see, I may as well add a new ignition switch to my shopping list.