Starter-ring gear and clutch bearing follow-up - 01/22/12 05:31 PM
For those whom have been reading me post regarding starter-ring gear failure and replacement, and subsequent clutch bearing questions, well, I am ready to put the starter on and give it a-go. However, I am concerned. This is the third ring gear since I bought the car 0n3 year ago. The first ring was defective when purchased, I just did know. It was a cast-in flywheel ring-gear. I found an NOS flywheel with a perfect gear, placed in the car, replaced the started with a rebuilt starter, and chewed-up another gear. I have machined the original gear off the flywheel, pressed a new gear on and am ready to put a starter on. Now for the question: which starter to place on the car? I have a rebuilt traditional starter as shown in the picture below, along with a modified starter consisting of a fly-back spring. I notice that when I spin the bendix gear back by finger, rapidly, on the modified starter, the gear sticks, or binds at the end, but I don’t know if that is important, as the centrifugal force is sure to free-it and send it forward.
I purchased the modified starter because I was afraid that the ring gear failure was due to the bendix gear migrating to the flywheel and chewing up the gear. For reference, the broken teeth on the flywheel were in two local areas, opposites one another, and were about 30 degrees in arc-length. As you can see from the picture, the modified starter gear sticks out farther than the traditional starter, yet doesn’t extend as much. If the original problem was caused by the starter gear migrating to the ring gear, than the new starter is beat, if not, better engagement is best. OMG, what to do? I am NOT in the mood to pull the trans out again. Thoughts?
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I purchased the modified starter because I was afraid that the ring gear failure was due to the bendix gear migrating to the flywheel and chewing up the gear. For reference, the broken teeth on the flywheel were in two local areas, opposites one another, and were about 30 degrees in arc-length. As you can see from the picture, the modified starter gear sticks out farther than the traditional starter, yet doesn’t extend as much. If the original problem was caused by the starter gear migrating to the ring gear, than the new starter is beat, if not, better engagement is best. OMG, what to do? I am NOT in the mood to pull the trans out again. Thoughts?
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