Starter Motor: Service and Repair
STARTER MOTORREMOVAL
1. Disconnect negative battery cable
2. Install steering wheel holder locking steering wheel in straight-ahead position.
3. Raise vehicle and support.
4. Remove the underbody splash shield.
5. Starter assembly.
6. Remove the intermediate steering shaft center bolt.
7. Bolt removed.
8. Separate the intermediate steering shaft upper and lower shaft.
9. Disconnect the electrical connection from the starter.
10. Remove the 3 starter mounting bolts and wiring clip.
11. Pull starter forward and down.
12. Work starter up and around exhaust.
13. Work starter past the intermediate steering shaft.
14. Remove starter from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
1. Work starter up and pass the transmission and exhaust.
2. Work starter up and pass the intermediate shafts.
3. Starter pass the intermediate shaft.
4. Angle starter up toward engine.
5. Install plastic retainer into starter dust shield. The dust shield has TOP marked on it and the plastic retainer goes in the hole.
6. Plastic retainer installed.
7. Install dust shield to the engine block using the plastic retainer to hold dust shield in place.
8. Install starter.
9. Install starter bolts.
10. Tighten bolts to 54.2 N.m (40 ft. lbs.).
11. Install electrical connection to starter.
12. Match flats inside intermediate shaft with that in intermediate shaft extension, then slide intermediate shaft onto extension.
13. Aline the hole in the shafts.
14. Install pinch bolt fastening intermediate shaft to intermediate shaft extension.
15. Tighten pinch bolt to 43 N.m (32 ft. lbs.).
16. Install the underbody splash shield.
17. Lower vehicle.
18. Remove the steering wheel holder.
19. Connect negative battery cable.