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At more than 1.5x the price of the Remy, I don't appreciate Bosch telling me not to hit the starter with a hammer. If I'm gonna spend $165 on a starter, I'm gonna do what I damn well please with it..The Bosch SR8552N PMGR starter I bought for my Suburban is labeled as "Assembled in USA." Almost certainly from foreign parts, but hey, it's something. Still sitting in the box as my original decided to act right again for a while.
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No matter if Bosch, Delco, Remy or Zippo, any and all PMGR PG260 starters to fit GM V6-V8 should have same "No Strike" declaration ... FACT: its permanent magnets are rather brittle Ceramic castings that're tightly fitted against inside of starter case. Nothing like old 10MT field coils & pole shoes! If you do whack/strike case sharply, it'll very likely crack its magnets; destroying their mag fields and ruining that PMGR starter. T SHIRT ! Your money, your starter.
If the starter doesn't want its attitude adjusted, then it should do its damn job.
Must be nice not watching the news..lol
When our '90 Burb needed starter work, we'd have to smack it (starter) with a hammer to get it to start when the engine was warm(short trips like getting gas, where you're trying to restart after only 10-15 minutes). It was only in these situations, truck was fine otherwise. Dad finally rebuilt the starter (regular GM larger starter, 10MT?). No more issues with starting, after the rebuild.
My experience might be in the minority but I have yet to need any shims on a PMGR in several different applications.
