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Old 11-20-2019, 02:26 AM   #7
SAJ
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Default Re: Flywheel ring gear pin

Here is a picture of what I did. I used a countersunk cap screw but a simple grub screw is all that is needed, since it is the threads forming a "Scotch key" that hold the parts together and the head holds nothing, should the threads strip. I used 4 screws, and the ring gear is actually moving forward between them (bending) after many thousand miles. I think 6 screws is better.
The ring gear was shrunk on and loctited after cooling. Starter is 6 volt. It still overcame the loctite and shrink fit.
We have had to do 3 other cars recently too. I drilled mine through the starter hole. I had to use a titanium nitride coated drill since a high speed steel one would not cut. The TiN one was just a cheap import but did all 4 holes really easily. It surprises me that the drill goes in very centrally between hardened ring gear and much softer cast iron, without wandering further into the cast iron.
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