How To Replace a Honda K Series Starter the ‘Easy’ Way

[EricTheCarGuy]

I think I’ve just about rebuilt my Element at this point. It’s funny how a bunch of things went wrong about the same time. Planned obsolescence?

Either way, this video will help more than Element owners. There’s a lot of Honda’s out there with K series engines, and a lot of people removing intake manifolds when they don’t have to. I hope this helps.

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[Joe]

Your video on replacing the Element starter saved my sanity. Thank you. Now, can I get your advice? When I loosened the 17mm mounting bolt it freed up nicely, but after a couple of turns it started binding and was very difficult to loosen. After two or three phases of difficult and easy loosening it came out. Upon inspecting the bolt I noticed that the first 3/4” of threads are good but then there is a section of roughly two threads that are flattened out. Now I’m hesitant to reuse this bolt. What would you recommend?

[EricTheCarGuy]

Chase the threads in the block and replace the bolt would probably be the best approach. You might be able to save the threads on the bolt, but I really can’t say for sure.

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