Starter Motor Different

[Mick]

i removed my starter motor with great difficulty and noticed that the secondhand one i brought is slightly and has a smaller pinion gear, my original one has a larger 11 tooth gear on it and the secondhand one has a smaller 8 tooth gear. I checked the starter motor part numbers and the nissan fast software says that the starter motors will both fit my car but obviously not, in assuming thats what it means by code 2 in the fast software, code 2 says interchangable

[Mick]

my original starter motor part number is 23300-08U15 and the secondhand one is 23300-08U11

[89CAL]

They look like they are interchangeable

All starters here

23300-08U11 looks like its from a 94-95 model Skyline

is the only difference between the 2 the number of teeth? If so it doesnt mean it wont work, there might be either a different gear reduction or the 08U15 superseded the 08U11 with more teeth to make it a bit more efficent or wear better

Edited March 5, 2014 by 89CAL

[Mick]

ok my original from my series2 was a much bigger gear and it had 11 teeth and the secondhand one had a much smaller gear with 8 teeth on it, the starter motors look just about identical, they are so identical in fact that i was able to mix and match parts from the two starter motors to make the one i needed for my car, i guess when the fast software said interchangeable they meant that the parts from them are interchangeable.

[89CAL]

No, there is a page for the internals of the starter and then the whole starter on another page. The interchangeable part is the whole motor.

but if youve made 1 out of 2 then all good. no need to wonder why they made it different or if you were given the wrong part or part number etc. All good