Keith_M
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I have a late model 1275 cc (the engine number starts with 12V) engine in my bugeye. The starter motor works fine except that it doesn't appear to engage the ring gear smoothly. There's a lot of grinding and bad noises until the engine starts. The bendix mechanism slides easily, and the starter turns just fine; it just makes way too much noise.
I pulled the starter motor today, and there are lot of metal filings in the bell housing and on the ring gear. The starter has 9 teeth on the pinion gear, and I notice that Moss sells pinion gears with 10 teeth for sprites, so it seems possible that my ring gear is meant to have a 10 tooth pinion gear. I'm not sure where the starter motor is from; it was probably not original to that engine.
My question is two fold:
First, is it possible that I need a 10 tooth pinion?
Second, how does one remove the pinion gear from the starter? It looks like there's a clip ring at the end, but it's buried in a thick washer. Do I need some sort of press to move the washer out of the way?
Keith
I pulled the starter motor today, and there are lot of metal filings in the bell housing and on the ring gear. The starter has 9 teeth on the pinion gear, and I notice that Moss sells pinion gears with 10 teeth for sprites, so it seems possible that my ring gear is meant to have a 10 tooth pinion gear. I'm not sure where the starter motor is from; it was probably not original to that engine.
My question is two fold:
First, is it possible that I need a 10 tooth pinion?
Second, how does one remove the pinion gear from the starter? It looks like there's a clip ring at the end, but it's buried in a thick washer. Do I need some sort of press to move the washer out of the way?
Keith