Stater Motor Pinion Clip

[Bob Culver]

Whilst on the topic, I dunno about the inside starters but with the undebonnet ones thie clip can give rise to very baffling noises. If too loose the pinion wiggles loose usually on a gradient and touches the ring gear. it is propelled so violently out of mesh it rebounds. This repeats until it chances to be rejected with just enough force to be retained again. The curious occasional bout of ting ting sound can be very diffiult to diagnose.