Outboard Starter - 18-5627 - Sierra

This starter came with fine thread bolts thru it that are also used for mounting. O.E.M. starter had coarse thread bolts.made it dificult to install. also mounting flange on end cap behind the drive had bigger O.D. than the I.D. of the bracket it mounts to. Turned a 20 min job into an hour plus. would not recommend! Would have sent it back,but needed to get the job done.

When I received the starter I was happy to see that it appeared to look oK, however when I went to install it I found that the long bolts were a fine thread instead of the course thread like the old one. Also looking when I went to take the long bolts out of the starter I found that for some crazy reason the bolts threaded through the top end of the starter unlike the old one that the bolts just passed through to the bracket. My thoughts were to send it back, but I knew that I would only recieve the same starter. So I had to bore out the threaded end of the starter and use the bolts from the old starter. Very frustrating to say the least!!! My suggestion is to make sure that the people who makes thease parts know a little more about there application. I know that its all about making money, but there is a small thing about making it right and maybe satifisfying the customer. It will be a long time if ever that I buy anything from this company again!!!!!! Thanks for allowing me to express my disappointment!!!!