1990 Toyota Truck 22re 4x4 man 5sp. 130,000 mi. I just purchased this truck thinking it only had a bad starter or worn flywheel. Seems that it has a new starter that works perfectly and the flywheel is fine? I measured the throw that the starter needs to make contact with the flywheel and it seems to be falling about 1/4 inch short? I bench tested the starter as well and worked flawlessly. The guy I purchased it from just put a new clutch kit, flywheel and starter. Could he have accidentally put the wrong flywheel in it? Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated. YES, I am a newbie with Toyotas....

 

I should say that when I crank the motor over the starter only makes contact with 1/8-1/16 of the flywheel. For some reason, the flywheel is too far back. I looked at my friends identical truck to confirm.

 

Is the ring gear fully seated on the flywheel ? I was replacing a clutch and got some longer bolts mixed with the clutch bolts, the longer bolts pressed the ring gear partially off the flywheel . When this happened the starter drive was only contacting the edge of the ring gear.

 

Thanks for the Idea but unfortunately that's not the problem. I'm going to remove the trans this weekend. Update on Sunday

 

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