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Re: TR6 Ring Gear and Starter

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Subject: Re: TR6 Ring Gear and Starter
From: andertonm@juno.com (Mark R. Anderton)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 20:53:01 EST
References: <v01510101aedb4fb3e966@[206.163.35.74]>
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:34:32 -0800 (PST) dynamic@pbgi.com (Pete & Aprille
Chadwell) writes:
>
>>Okay, I've got a problem here.  I've currently got my tranny, clutch,
>>starter, etc. out.  I looked at the flywheel, which, as far as I 
>know,
>>has never had the ring gear replaced.  To my surprise, the beveled 
>side
>>of the ring gear faced away from the starter.  It has always worked
>>okay, but it made me a little nervous, so I got out the Bentley
>>manual and the picture shows the bevel facing away from the starter!
>>There does not seem to be any abnormal wear on my starter pinion or
>>flywheel.
>
>Mark:
>
>I don't know what to tell you.  I would like to point out that I 
>realize I
>could be wrong... maybe it really doesn't matter.  The DPO I speak of 
>went
>through a number of starters, in fact, when we drove the car home, it 
>had
>NO starter!  We had to push start it!  And, we never put a starter on 
>it
>ourselves until the ring gear had been turned around, as I recall, so 
>we
>never experienced any starter troubles at all.  I assumed this was due 
>to
>the ring gear being correctly installed, finally.  Who knows?  I 
>would,
>however, like to also point out that there isn't any reason that I can
>think of for the bevel to be on the clutch side of the flywheel.  It 
>is
>logical that it should be on the starter side, no?  Why would be
>illustrated incorrectly in the Bentley Manual?  Got no idea.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Pete Chadwell
>
Anybody else noticed which way the beveled teeth on the ring gear on a
TR6 face?

Mark Anderton

1972 Triumph TR6 (daily driver)
1984 Jaguar XJ6 (2 ea - some people never learn)
1966 Morris Minor (everything a car should be)
1971 Land Rover
1967 Daimler V8 Saloon
1958 Velocette MSS (500cc single)

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