I had to replace the starter today on my '94 Trans Am. The replacement starter is much smaller than the original one in the car but mounts in the same way. The problem is that the new starter is much noisier than the old one. I tried adding in different amounts of shims to adjust the gear meshing between the starter and flywheel, but this seems to have no impact on the noise. Anybody know how else to adjust these things to quiet them down? Or is the replacement starter probably just louder than the original?

 

was it easy to install? how noisy is it?