installing starter?

[cvcsmkr]

i replaced my starter with that mini tahoe starter. it went in good and works great, but i am getting a whistle as the key is being released and the engine is started. on the instructions that came with the starter, it says that if it whistles as the the key is being released and the engine has started that the starter gear is too close to the flywheel so i put about 3 shims on the bolt(inboard blot) that is closest to the flywheel. it made noi difference what-so-ever.
so i put a shim on the bolt (outboard) that is furthest from the flywheel. no differenece on the whstling but the starter got real loud and sounded like the old starter instead of the whiny little new car sound that it did before the shim on the out.board bolt. i removed all the shims, left it how it was previously.

what is wrong?
can i leave it whistling or will it mess up the starter/flywheel?
thanks

 

[Lynn D. Brown]

starter Whistle.

starter Whistle.

Chad - I don't know how bad the whistle is of course, but if it's not too bad, I would ignore it. Hey, this is the way it goes once U start to modify and use aftermarket parts.