I'm trying to verify my mom's starter isn't the culprit of her car not starting. My question is with the starter out of the vehicle I gave the starter power and a ground source, I then jumped the small terminal.
The starter gear pops out, but the starter does not turn. I thought the gear should also spin.

Gear pops out, seems like it trys to turn as it makes a loud clack clakc clack noise but gear never turns.

Is this normal?
Checker tested the starter good, but the solenoid portion came back n/a. This starter has the solenoid as one like a sn95 starter.