New starter chewing up new flywheel -- HELP needed

[Lablan 0]

On a 1992-1996 520H wheel horse lawn tractor, I have replaced the starter motor and flywheel. I also replaced the coil, condenser, plugs and wires. After all that was done, the tractor started first time cranked and I mowed the 1 acre yard one time. When I went back to mow again it would not start and I see the starter motor is now chewing up the flywheel gears. The new flywheel now has severe burring on the engine side. It looks like the starter is not fully engaging into the flywheel. The mounting bolts have a thick washer. Are those washers supposed to be spacers between the engine and the starter motor, thus moving the nose of the starter closer in toward the flywheel? Am I doing something else wrong?

 

[slammer302 2,155]

Went through this before try adding a thin washer between the starter and engine block were starter bolts up fixed mine after I replaced starter and flywheel and it was still eating flywheel so I tried shimming with washers and it worked

[6bg6ga 272]

35 minutes ago, slammer302 said:

Went through this before try adding a thin washer between the starter and engine block were starter bolts up fixed mine after I replaced starter and flywheel and it was still eating flywheel so I tried shimming with washers and it worked

 

Excellent!!

[Lablan 0]

Thank You Slammer 302. I think I will have to pull off the blower shroud to be able to see the bolts to place the washers. Thanks again for all comments.