if you are sure all fasteners are undone,
it would appear it is stuck in the bell housing..
from either ..one would think ..
stuck where the two main mounting bolts are,
or in the starter bushing, assuming it's a manual trans.

I havn't seen one do that ..but that could make it harder to get the
starter out for sure.
scott
www.turbovans.com

On 8/3/2012 2:27 PM, David Bjorkman wrote:
> Hi Volks;
> The starter in my parts bus (84.5 WBX) is giving me a hard time about
> coming out for a rebuild.  I removed the 2 bolts and the 2 wires and
> it won't budge.  Am I missing something or do I just need to give it a
> few good whacks (what I am currently doing with the bus that's running
> to make the starter operate).
> Dave B.