[Healeys] Ring gear not fully seated in flywheel

[Per Schoerner]

Hi
Well, the workshop manual calls for heating the starter ring to a 
temperature of 300 to 400 centigrades Celcius, indicated by a light blue 
surface colour.
When I did this, have done it twice on two different cars, I heated it 
in a porcelain oven that can be programmed very precisely. I had the 
flywheel in the freezer, but in hindsight I don't think this is 
necessary. Anyway, I put the heated ring on the flywheel and let it cool 
by itself. Initially there was a several millimeter gap between the ring 
and the flywheel. After about five minutes the ring gear had shrinked so 
it was not possible to move it around.

Per

Michael Salter skrev den 2015-01-20 18:01:
> I have found the comments on this topic to be very interesting with
> regards to the heating of the ring gear. I am no metallurgist so I tend
> to pay attention to manufacturers instructions regarding the heating of
> metal components very carefully.

>