It's not unusual for ring gears to be heated, removed, and "flipped". I can't
imagine it is a
problem.
The manual wants you to break the ring gear so they can sell you a new one.
Remember who wrote
the manual.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Chris Kotting
>
> If this is a friend of yours, tell him that he does NOT want them to
> turn the ring gear around on the flywheel.
>
> If the teeth are worn, he'd be much better off having a new ring gear
> fitted (they aren't THAT expensive), and I seriously doubt that they'll
> be able to get the old one off without ruining either the ring gear or
> the flywheel. They'd have to heat the ring gear WAY too much to get it
> off. (There's a reason that the method in the manual for removing the
> ring gear is to break it.)
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