Pete Keillor wrote:
Today my wife called, the '96 Suburban wouldn't crank. Her car is
down at my brother's 4 hrs. away (long story). Neighbor took me down.
Battery o.k., terminals clean. OK, crawled under and whacked starter
with hammer. Started right up. Tomorrow I'm getting a new starter.
Thanks to this bunch for that tidbit on a recent thread. I've changed
a lot of starters in my time, never tried just bashing one before.

Pete Keillor

Whacking is potentially not a good thing if you have a PMGR (permanant
magnet gear reduction) starter as you can break the magnets.

If you get sticker shock at the price of a new one, consider
overhauling the old one.

Roger Shoaf