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Starter Support Bracket - do I need it?

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Starter Support Bracket - do I need it?

Post by Duffterrall »

Hello friends. I replaced my dying starter today on my 1998 V70 Base with a new aftermarket one and after a few puzzles it is.working quite nicely. However... The new starter is probably about a quarter inch longer than the original one. As a result, the bracket on the passenger's side that secures that end no longer lines up with the hole.

Do I need this bracket?

From what I could find here there are at least two size of this bracket, so it may be that I have the longer one and need the shorter. I also saw at least one person say that it isn't used on some models. I imagine that this is a thing that I can deal with later rather than urgently, but do I need to?

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Post by abscate »

You can run without it. It was actually deleted on later P2 models with the same starter and block
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Post by scot850 »

There are 2 bracket sizes. Long and short.

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