Starter bolts broke

[gahammerle]

I found a starter bolt laying under the truck on Friday. When I replaced the starter back in March, I had the bracket in place, but somehow it worked it's way free from the starter. Got the remains of the broken stud out today.

I don't remember how the bracket attaches to the starter. There is an ear on the starter with a threaded hole - is a bolt supposed to go through that to attach to the bracket? If so, what size is that bolt supposed to be?

 

[94K30]

I found a starter bolt laying under the truck on Friday. When I replaced the starter back in March, I had the bracket in place, but somehow it worked it's way free from the starter. Got the remains of the broken stud out today.

I don't remember how the bracket attaches to the starter. There is an ear on the starter with a threaded hole - is a bolt supposed to go through that to attach to the bracket? If so, what size is that bolt supposed to be?

There is supposed to be a threaded stud in that hole on the starter, and then a nut and washer to hold the bracket to it. They are 1/4-20, I do believe

 

[snoman699]

Here are a few pics that might help.

 

[snoman699]

A couple more...

You could fabricate your own with a small piece of 1" angle iron. The pics show the bracket alongside a tape measure so that you can determine approx dimensions.

Hope this helps.

 

[floriduramax1]

I tried explaining my situation over on the other site and now this is the perfect time to bring it up. My son's 82 Blazer 6.2 had a broken housing where the solenoid bolts up, so we got a new starter from Auto Zone (because of lifetime warranty) and it is smaller than the original. The original bracket would not work AT ALL!! The original bracket does not look like the one here in the pics. The new starter does not appear to have a way to mount the bracket to it without fabricating something. Has anyone seen this before? The new starter spins the engine extremely fast. Here is a couple pics, it's hard to get the camera to the top, but you can see the bolts that hold the end cap are recessed about an inch.

 

[gahammerle]

There is supposed to be a threaded stud in that hole on the starter, and then a nut and washer to hold the bracket to it. They are 1/4-20, I do believe

Thanks, it was 1/4". Got it all back in place yesterday. Made a mental note to make sure I check everything is still tight at every oil change and any other time I'm under there.