Odd Starter failure

[paranoidjack]

Here's a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ32Nn8JpWw

Weird, huh? Never seen a starter fail like this.

[N/A Q45]

Almost like something would have to hit that in order to break it? Any chance it got banged around at some point?

[paranoidjack]

No, I have to say, having been the only one to handle it (and striking it from a oil change guy is a zero chance), that this was never banged up. I'm dropping it off tomorrow at a place, we'll see what they say.