That trick with the ring terminal was a life saver. Great video sir! Removed the old one and installed the new one in little less than 2 hours

Just did a 2015 silverado with 105k and i managed to not break the clip thankfully. I was fully prepared to use your suggestion though its a great idea. It was insanely hard to get it reclipped on the replacement though. And of course One of the starter bolts pulled some theads out.. good thing im used to nothing going as planned haha

Just did this job of a 44,000 mile GMC. Nothing wrong with any part of the starter except that the connector from the motor to the solenoid appeared to be soldered. Most solder uses a flux.......if this is correct, corrosion is inevitable. Cleaned the greenish crust off, coated everything with Di-electric Permatex. Back together with the original 'stuff' which now works great. Took me less than two hours, I am 85. Seems like this kind of 'stuff' is made to fall apart just after the warranty expires?? My '61 Pontiac has a starter made in the late 1960's. Never failed in however many years it has been in service. Everything today is throw-away???

Great tip about your QUICK SIMPLE FIX. As careful as I tried to be with the plastic plug, it still broke. After replacing it with a terminal ring as you had shown I was able to connect the terminal ring to the starter just as I had started slipping the starter past the frame before I bolted the starter into place as I had good access to the 10 mm nut with a socket. Thanks, you saved me a big headache and probably more money at the stealers.

That’s not the worst part, I was beyond annoyed that the engineers would make a simple 5 min battery replacement a 45 min job having to unscrew the bracket the fuse box that connects to battery and the coolant resvoir Just to get the battery out. I live in a cold state so anyone who’s never seen under the hood of an 18 model silverado Will totally be unprepared and jaw dropped to find out it won’t be a quick unscrew two bolts and change battery while they are standing in the freezing snow and wind chills stranded with no power . I swear these engineers are tool bags

ease of assembly at factory is the reason for the plastic connectors, For years ring terminals were used and never gave a problem.

Best video on KZfaq on how to replace a starter.

Those plastic connectors are doomed to break every time. Heat on plastic what were those engineers thinking? I found my starter after hot soaking would fail.. I found my connections corroded and I installed a bigger and better heat shield.Same old starter now works great every time.

That entire plastic piece you cut in half crapped out on me, the starter is in fine working order otherwise I wonder where I can find just that

Every video skips the repositioning of the starter. No trick no nothing. Its just a B### to put in.

The ring terminal usage is far superior to some of the other ideas in other videos I watched..

One of the best videos I ever watched. Clear speaking and good camera work. I had watched another and it was pretty good, but never hurts for a second look at things. My trouble happened to be the solenoid clip. I took your advice but didnt take off the starter. Was able to take a utility knife and scored it about 10 times and then used a screwdriver to break it off. For sure a blessing to not have to pull the starter. Once I watched yours I went and took off the tire and fender weld protection. I noticed the wire was not completely set in connector and only like an 1/8 of an inch. I pushed it in and the truck started perfect. Put the terminal on and back down the road I go. I consider myself a middle of the road on hand size. Not sure if a big handed or fat finger person has a chance.

Thank you for that video,I had the same thing happened to me when I changed my starter and that modification you showed worked great

Thank you for the video. That was a piece of great advice. Those clips break so easy.

You saved my a$$. Thank you for this video. 10/10. Strongly recommend!

As said before...great tip. Greetings from an Old Jarhead in WNC

Great thanks. That’s what I was thinking of doing too but it’s nice to see other people using common sense to reassure me. I was doing work underneath and there was lots of dryer packed in gravel/mud and I was chipping at it and managed to break the connection portion on the starter itself(which you can’t buy) .

Very well done great video That's what I needed. Even my plug was in ok. I have no crank. ..so I'm going to pick up a new single wire high temp plug so a mount on end on starter the other on wire. So it's easier to in stall. Great great great video

Extremely awesome video…these clips break every time and this will remedy the problem. OEM should have done it this way to begin with

Really appreciate this tip