Re: Flywheel ring gear pin
The attached article may be of help.
Some of the reproduction flywheel ring gears do not mount with a proper interference press fit on the flywheel. Each time the starter engages it tries to jerk the ring gear away from the stop. A better design would have been to place the stop on the flywheel in front of the gear instead of behind it. But, who am I to question Henry?
A few years ago I had a reproduction flywheel ring gear work its way forward until it jammed things up. I had to remove the starter and tediously tap the gear back into place using a drift as I manually rotated the engine. After going through this drill several times I removed the flywheel (a fun job) and took it to a machine shop and had it mounted to the flywheel and locked into place with screws and lock-tight. The article addresses that activity.
Tom Endy
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