WD flywheel ring gear

[Inwywind]

I have a worn starter ring gear, can I just turn it around so the back faces the front?

 

[DickL]

I just did one for a C tonight. I take an angle grinder and put a bevel on each tooth as close to like the other side as possible. If you catch it soon enough you can just take it off and turn it a 1/4 of a turn when you drop it back on.

 

[big jt]

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Look over to the left. Kim sells new ones for a little over $40.

Support our host and fix it right at the same time.

BTW if it is beveled yes you can flip that gear but for $40 I wouldn't mess with a bandaid fix like this. Esp with the amount of work it is to get to.

 

[Dick L]

A ring gear turned over will last every bit as long as a new one. Hardly a bandaid. If you inspect one that will not catch the starter drive it is less that half way across the teeth. Turned you have the same as a new ring gear as far as usable teeth.
40 bucks more with the same amount of labor. I went over several flywheels last evening after work and about half had been turned over already way before I bought them.
If you have an extra 40 bucks and the kids don't need shoes by all means buy a new ring gear. I have bought a few new ones as well. I bought several new ones for the B's and C's in the mid 1990's for 18 bucks each.

 

[bg/mo]

Just spend the money and fix it right.