Starter Motor: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate battery negative cable.
2. Raise and support vehicle.

Fig. 9 Starter Motor Remove/Install:

3. Remove nut and lock washer securing starter motor to mounting stud on transmission housing (Fig. 9).
4. Slide transmission cooler tube bracket forward on tubes and off of mounting stud far enough for starter motor mounting flange to be removed from stud.
5. While supporting starter motor, remove upper starter mounting bolt.
6. Move starter motor towards front of vehicle far enough for nose of starter pinion housing to clear transmission housing. Always support starter motor during this process. Do not let starter motor hang from wire harness.
7. Tilt nose downwards and lower starter motor far enough to access and remove nut securing battery cable connector eyelet to solenoid battery terminal stud.
8. Remove battery cable connector eyelet from solenoid battery terminal stud.
9. Disconnect engine wire harness connector from solenoid terminal connector receptacle.
10. Remove starter motor from engine compartment.

INSTALLATION
1. Position starter motor to transmission housing.
2. Connect battery cable solenoid terminal wire harness connector to connector receptacle on starter solenoid. Always support the starter motor during this process. Do not let the starter motor hang from the wire harness.
3. Install battery cable eyelet terminal onto solenoid B(+) terminal stud.
4. Install and tighten nut securing battery cable eyelet terminal to starter solenoid B(+) terminal stud. Tighten nut to 13.6 Nm (120 in. lbs.).
5. Position starter motor over stud on transmission housing.
6. Slide automatic transmission cooler tube bracket rearward on tubes and into position over starter motor flange.
7. Loosely install the washers bolt and nut to starter. Tighten bolt and nut to 67.8 Nm (50 ft. lbs.).
8. Lower vehicle
9. Connect negative battery cable.