Can't get the starter off

Am not saying your starter is not bad but....maybe a possibility?
Few months back, went to leave truck stop(of all places) and truck wouldnt start. Frigged around with it for a couple of minutes and got a guy to turn key while i was at starter. As you said, sparks. Had a loose battery wire.... So was an easy fix.

 

how much room do you have?

if you have enough exstentions to get it out to ware you have room put a breaker bar on it and a cheater bar (pipe) if need be


If you have the room and have a Harbor Freight tools near you buy a torque multiplyer....




Can you take a picture or a few and post them so i can see what your working with?????



American Trucker

 

If the bolt's unscrewed but you can't pull it out, push a rubber hose down over the bolt head. That'll give you the grip to slip it out. Same thing when you assemble it, use the hose again to get the bolt started in the threads and finger tight.

 

i had the same trouble awhile back ended up heating up the bolt and then letting it cool off came right out. it gets corroded in the alum bellhousing. dont reuse the bolt. also clean the threads in the bolt holes before putting the bolts back in.

 

I feel your pain my brother...
Nothing much more frustrating than trying to get that last bolt out, no matter the component you're working on. I had a similar issue with the primer pump.
Good luck!

 

Yes, blackdog is correct. If it's throwing sparks from the hot connection area, the nut can be just loose an 1/8th of a turn. I seen many of them.

Also, if the last bolt is the bottom bolt, put one of the top bolts back in as the weight of the starter is not helping things on the bottom bolt.

Then do like AT says and create leverage. Use a pipe or you can even interlock two box wrenches to get more leverage. Or a box wrench over a ratchet. Soaking doesn't do much good unless you have alot of time for it to work. It doesn't fix strong torques either.

And like superhauler said, heat is your friend if you have access to a torch.

Your best bet is an impact wrench, but you probably don't have access to one.

22 hours later, I bet you have it done already. Don't bust them knuckles.