Flywheel starter keeps failing

starter failing

Yes and yes, but if you are lucky it could be a bad starter bendix. Remove starter to examine and check flywheel teeth as well.

You keep replacing the starter motors?
The starter motor may be fitted incorrectly and isn't meshing with the ring gear properly.

It may be that ring gear - the teeth - on the flywheel are worn/damaged or even the wrong fit for the starter motor.

Another alternative is that the flywheel isn't torqued up correctly and consequently it - and the ring gear teeth - are out of line. However, I would have thought that an out of balance flywheel would also cause vibration problems. Your car runs okay?

I would get it replaced, after all, what if it failes somewhere really inconvenient? If you are planning on keeping the car long term just get it fixed. Also keep in mind that the flywheel is now not balanced and could cause vibration and possible damage.

a grinding starter indicates the starter is not shimmed properly and requires starter shims to set the starter the right distance from the flywheel. and a clicking sound indicates either a bad connection or solenoid at the starter. check the teeth on the flywheel in case they are damaged.

You could have a bad spot on the flywheel. The flywheel is a plate with a ring of teeth the gear on the starter engages. If you turn the crankshaft a few inches and the starter works, I would check the flywheel.
Otherwise, it could be a mounting problem with the starter, or something keeping the bendix gear from engaging.

ive had bad starters frome the parts stores go bad multiple times on me in fact on my 65 impalla i got 6 bad starters in a row from napa went to oreileys and it worked you need to check the flyweel for wear and make shure the gap between the starter gear and the flywheel are corect on rebuelt or aftermarket starters sometimes the machene the seface wrong and creats a bind make shure the bolts that go through the ****** are tight to specs becase if they go loose you can ruin a starter a starter only needs power ground and a signal to opperate

Replace the starter before it ruins the flywheel. You have a worn out drive that applies to the flywheel. Flywheels are very very hard to change, in fact you can change 10 or 15 starters in the same time changing one flywheel

If they are breaking, check the flywheel for damaged teeth. If they are failing electrically, it is probably heat. Make sure there is not a missing shield between the starter and the exhaust manifold. If you are towing, consider wrapping the exhaust in that area with special heat insulation tape (kind of like ace bandage)

The flywheel doesn't usually grind into the flywheel it's usually the other way around. The starter upon trying to crank the engine over will make a grinding noise. This is the sign of a bad starter drive in the starter and it will need a new starter. The longer you wait on getting this repaired the more damage will be done to the flywheel and this is a very costly repair because the motor and transmission needs to be seperated apart from each other to pull the flywheel out and replaced.
Hope this helps keep, us posted.