I'm having a starting issue and have convinced myself that it's the starter and have further convinced myself that it's due to my having bought (about 3 years ago) a starter with a 10 tooth drive gear.

I'm on the hunt to replace it and want one with an 11 tooth drive.

The only 11 toothed ones I've found so far are:

Remy re-manufactured with a LLT;
Bosch re-manufactured with a 24 month warranty;
Duralast Gold new (Auto Zone) with a LLT.

Do any of you guys know of other worthwhile 11 toothed units?

 

Any of those should be fine. I would pick something with LLT.

 

Don't know about 11-tooth, but the Duralast Gold unit I just replaced lasted about 2 years before it started cranking slower and had intermittent crank issues.

 

Be careful if you get a starter online. Twice I ordered 11 tooth starters and they sent 10 tooth ones. I am going to rebuild my own.

 

Hey Tb,

Yeah, what's available at this point for 4th gens is becoming a real issue.

Are there any real Good Oll Boy starter rebuilders there anymore? I'd take yours or another OEM from a junk yard that is better than average so he's starting from a decent foundation, and have it restored.

Probably the best way to get another 20. It seems when it comes to alternators and starters, what's available isn't even a shadow of what we started with.

LLW doesn't mean doo doo when you're stuck somewhere. Especially when Alligators are hungry! LOL

 

Test your battery as well and go to rockauto.com and get the real deal Hitachi, Denso, etc.

 

Those are 10 toothed units.