Starter grinding noise

[ThreeDLee]

Anyone else had a starter make a grind sound before? One car here has been doing it for a while, it's starts most the time... It's a 320 auto 1984...
Would it be ok just changing starter or should I be ready to change anything else?

[zd3bx]

Does it grind immediately after the engine starts? If so, I had the same problem. Yeah, you just need the starter.

Better get it replaced asap, before it damages the teeth on the flywheel...

[ThreeDLee]

Thanks guys, what I was expecting to here.... It don't start sometimes and makes that noise, so I expected that what the sound was.

It's a auto e30 1984 320, would a fly wheel be the same from a 520 e28 auto? I have a donor engine and box.

Thanks.

[kam-325i]

As Me and Pete have told you on Facebook, you can try the spare starter you have, but more than likely it will be a damaged ring gear, but as Pete said, you can use the flywheel of the E28 you've got coming.....

[ThreeDLee]

He said if it was a 4 gear and I'm not sure, I put this up same time as Facebook one.

[kam-325i]

what year is the E28 ?

[ThreeDLee]

E reg and the e30 is B

[ThreeDLee]

E reg and the e30 is B