Starter Motor: Service and Repair
REMOVAL1. Disconnect and isolate negative battery cable.
2. Raise and support vehicle.
Fig.13 Starter Motor Remove/Install:
3. Remove lower bolt (forward facing) securing starter motor to transmission housing (Fig. 13).
4. While supporting starter motor, remove upper bolt (rearward facing) securing starter motor to transmission housing.
Fig.12 Starter Connections Remove/Install - Typical:
5. Lower starter motor from front of transmission housing far enough to access and remove nut securing battery positive cable eyelet terminal to starter solenoid B(+) terminal stud (Fig. 12). Always support starter motor during this process. Do not let starter motor hang from wire harness.
6. Remove battery positive cable eyelet terminal from solenoid B(+) terminal stud.
7. Disconnect solenoid terminal wire harness connector from connector receptacle on the starter solenoid.
8. Remove starter motor from transmission housing.
INSTALLATION
1. Position starter motor to transmission housing.
2. Connect solenoid terminal wire harness connector to connector receptacle on the starter solenoid. Always support starter motor during this process. Do not let starter motor hang from the wire harness.
3. Install battery positive cable eyelet terminal onto starter solenoid B(+) terminal stud.
4. Install and tighten nut securing battery positive cable eyelet terminal to starter solenoid B(+) terminal stud. Tighten nut to 11.3 Nm (100 in. lbs.).
5. Position starter motor to transmission housing. Loosely install two mounting bolts.
6. Tighten lower (forward facing) mounting bolt to 40.7 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
7. Tighten upper (rearward facing) to 47.5 Nm (35 ft. lbs.).
8. Lower vehicle.
9. Connect battery cable.