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Not if it worked intermittently. Turning that stud will rip the tiny coil wire off the head of the stud and render the solenoid completely NMC (non mission capable). Once you do that it never works again or makes any noises - intermittent operation while hearing it click internally means the...

Huh. I'm still rocking my original starter at over 15k miles and no signs of issues. I did pick up a spare new one when one popped up cheap off a surplus crate engine but haven't needed it.

Interesting - could definitely be a bad replacement I suppose. I would open it up and inspect. I guess that begs the question - why was it replaced the first time and now the truck is on solenoid #3. Don't hear about many issues with the factory unit.

Not necessarily. And probably not likely given someone obviously already encountered this problem and didn't solve it with a new one. It could be getting insufficient current across the coil to pull it in hard and fast and make a solid connection between the high current contacts. Contactor...

The auxiliary solenoid is a Prestolite SBC-4401E-1 NSN 2920-01-361-5802 https://www.ametekswitch.com/products/solenoids-list/plastic-case-solenoid-sbc I would clean and inspect ALL your starter, solenoid, and auxiliary solenoid connections before straight up replacing the unit. There's one...