# starter shimming **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 5, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-shimming/189064 "2007-04-05T18:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-shimming/189064/9 "2007-04-06T05:14:43Z")
> [@Your all time favorite pump up song.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-all-time-favorite-pump-up-song/29260/45): > > it nneds away,get a starter shim kit,start out small add till it sounds & works best for u! X3 > [@Huge Fire Over Buffalo?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/huge-fire-over-buffalo/29245/51): > > I think with the old sbc starters being rebuilt so many times, they maybe are machining the mounting surface of the noses to true them up, which could be causing this shim issue. Exactly my thought also, I have never shimmed a new starter, but always end up adding shims to a cheap rebuild. Hell I even keep shims in my tool box now. But if your adding shims on one side to tilt the starter to get the starter to engage the flywheel you have either got the wrong starter or wrong flywheel. I’m still not understanding why the starter you had from the 305 didn’t work. I always thought there was only to different sbcstarts, straight pattern and staggered pattern. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-shimming/189064)._