Starter Clunked and Now Makes Angry Noise

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by dirtyd_nd

If you replaced the starter and it started doing that, I would say shims. If it just started making the noise after working for how ever long, it's the starter. Stock starters have a plastic planetary gear set up and and will strip out fairly easy. Mine started doing the same thing. Took it to a guy that rebuilds starters and it was fixed in 30 minutes for $30.
Dale

I'm just curious as to what kind of rig you were working on as in 40 years of playing with GM cars and trucks I have never seen a Delco starter with a Planetary gear set on a V8 GM engine.