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I have a 292 Chevy out of a 65 C60. I'm using a 14" flexplate with Powermaster starter that bolts directly to the block. No matter how much I shim, the starter drive will not retract from the flexplate. What am I doing wrong?

I don't know what the problem may be. I did a google search on 292 and 14" flex plate. Just the usual mention of bolt size, internal/external balance plate and starter bolt pattern. Nothing I'm sure you haven't already checked. Let us know if you find the problem.

Maybe it needs to be moved away from the flywheel, NOT down from the flywheel. Two different bolt patterns. for different dia. which shifted the starter left to right Or right to left if you follow me on this. Shimming a starter Moves it down from the flywheel. Somewhere also bolt to the Bell housing Which again aligned differently to the flywheel. Hoping this is a little more helpful.

What ever you do make sure the bolts are the right ones. I got some from the HELP display at O'Reilly that were the wrong length. The knurled section went too far into the hole and cracked the block where the starter bolts on. It was the end of a good '99 Yukon for me. I went back to check the application and see if someone could have put them in the wrong package. Every package there was the same.