i'm looking for a spacer for my starter for a 289, c4 transmission stang. do they exist? i put a new flywheel on and the counter weight is hitting the starter rim and just below the starter gear resulting in a knocking noise when turning the engine and metal shaving at the bottom of the bellhousing. also, the counter weight actually snapped off halfway and i have to get it welded back on.[:@] so, rather than replacing the new flywheel, i figured i'd just space out the starter. thanks.

 

Oreilly's will carry a shim kit. I would make sure that you have BOTH drain pulgs lined up with holes in the flywheel. There are 3 holes in the flywheel because the weight is weilded over the 4th one usually. So if u lined up only one drain plug the other could be pushing the weight outward causing it to hit.

 

ill have to check that out...thanks for the info.

 

Your starter fits into the hole very snugly, so I would suspect the flywheel is not properly fitted, and not the other way around. Putting shims on starters is asking for trouble.