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1. Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:26:40 -0800; Hello all. I've got a rebuilt starter installed with an aluminum spacer that's roughly .5" thick (just eyeballing it) between the starter and the rear engine plate. I've seen references in catalogs m; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00059.html (8,470 bytes)
2. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:39:00 -0000; Yes there is a difference. The shims are literally thin wafers of shim steel. The shims are there for fine adjustment. I don't know if there's anything on this in the workshop manual. I have to admit; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00060.html (8,880 bytes)
3. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 13:28:41 -0500; I've never seen a starter shim for a Spitfire, and I don't think there could be a need for one. Some engines mount the starter with nuts and bolts, not studs or threaded holes. These types of mounts; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00061.html (9,003 bytes)
4. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:34:18 -0800; Thanks to all for your private and list replies. It would seem that I shouldn't worry about shims. However, Nolan's statement below leads me to wonder... "Some engines mount the starter with nuts and; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00062.html (9,927 bytes)
5. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 20:14:31 -0000; All of my Spitfires (and Heralds, 2000s, Dolomites etc) have been fitted with nuts and bolts. I can't speak for the last 1500s, but the similarly engined Dolomites of that era also had starters fitte; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00063.html (8,563 bytes)
6. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 13:28:39 -0700; The later Spits have nuts and bolts too! Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00064.html (8,459 bytes)
7. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "bschwart@postoffice.pacbell.net"; Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:13:06 -0500; The shims as referred to in this application do not locate the starter axially regardless if one were to use studs or the bolts and nuts as supplied. The spacer has that job. The shims simply space t; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00065.html (8,192 bytes)
8. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:02:03 -0000; As this subject has been playing on my mind, I've gone through the workshop manual to find the following in the section on the starter motor: "To Refit. Measure the distance from the pinion side of t; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00066.html (8,804 bytes)
9. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 06:19:36 -0500; What I was driving at (and seemed to miss) was that some starters are rather precisely located, and some are not. The Spitfire starter is rather precisely located. Thought it was via studs, but I gue; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00070.html (8,166 bytes)
10. Re: Starter spacers vs. shims (score: 1): Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:43:14 -0800 (PST); Sorry, I don't know who said it but they were correct in that the shim (a thin metal plate made of ~18 gauge metal in my car's case) helps keep the starter gear from over-shooting the flywheel on act; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00077.html (8,982 bytes)

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