As discussed in another thread, I replaced the contacts in my starter as was suggested. Now the truck, 97 4wd 2500 automatic, starts fine but there is constant rattling sound coming from underneath the truck. Can anyone help?

 

As I recall, there is a little checkball in there, not much bigger than a BB...are ya sure it didn't come loose?

 

I never saw the checkball so assumed it was still in there. I'm going to take the starter back out and make sure that ball is in there and everything else for that matter. Thanks

 

This may be a longshot, but if the replacement contacts or insulators are significantly fatter than the original (gap now too small) they could be intermittantly making contact and causing the starter to momentarily turn and that would sound like a rattle.<br>For ball, hold it in place with a dab of grease prior to assembly.

 

I just did the same reapair on mine today. One thing that is critical is that the contacts are fully seated, especially the one on the Positive terminal side. If they are fully seated, IE, torqued down tightly, they can rub on the solenoid, or possibly rattle around.<br><br>2 cents<br><br>gary