Jack,
I had to shim my starter and it has worked great for the past ten
years. There is a chamfer on the starter that I have. I worrid a
little about the chamfer being on the wrong side on the flywheel but
that too has worked great. In your case I dont really know but I
guess you have to try it and see what happens.
Magnus Karlsson
Sweden
> Hi All, of the several listers using gear reduction starters, has
> anyone
> ever needed to shim the starter back from the engine plate to keep the
> drive gear and the flywheel from touching?? I did a trial fit of my
> gear reduction starter with my engine on the work bench. It looks
> like
> the drive gear touches the back of the flywheel thus needing a shim of
> about 1/16" or so to clear with comfort. Something tells me this
> can't
> be good. Has this happened to anyone else?? Also, there doesn't seem
> to be any chamfer on the starter drive gear. Is this necessary since
> the flywheel gear ring is chamfered on the wrong side for this type
> starter. Also again, does the drive gear start spinning
> immediately or
> does it engage the flywheel ring first?? What's the concept here??
> I'd love some feedback on this from the awesome storehouse of
> knowledge
> on this list. As always, many thanks.
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