RING GEAR?

ms2et · Post by **ms2et** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:57 pm

Gentlemen

I've got the embarrassing sound of grinding when trying to start my 84 ET.
My mechanic suggested that they don't make ring gears for the ET and that I'd have to get a new fly wheel.

Does anyone know if this is so?

Thanks for your time

Malcolm

Rohan 84ET · Post by **Rohan 84ET** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:05 pm

Yeap thats true, the ring gears are pressed onto the flywheel and dont get sold seperatly, i rang up a local nissan Wrecker today and asked the price of a good manual flywheel with ring gear and they said around $150

my car has that same problem, it sure sucks, people just look and laugh

spiffyn12 · Post by **spiffyn12** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:09 pm

yeah i found that they cost a fair bit but mannaged to get one for 50. i have a spear slightly dammaged.

MRN12 · Post by **MRN12** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:20 am

Brand new from nissan the ring gear's are around/under $100.

Cameron

n12_15eT · Post by **n12_15eT** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:53 am

I had a new ring gear put on my flywheel back in November, cost me i think $130 to have the gear changed and another $25 to get the flywheel machined.
This is how mine looked:

ms2et · Post by **ms2et** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:56 pm

Thanks guys

I really appreciate your contributions.
Hopefully it won't cost me too much.

All the best

Malcolm

Post by **tassuperkart** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:19 pm

Dont forget the usual remedy for this drama M8.
Elongate the mounting holes in the starter body carefully and move the starter closer to the ring gear. Couple of MM seems to work.
Too close and the bendix drive hits the flywheel.
Seems to work for a lot of dudes and might be worth a try.
L8tr
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SammyET · Post by **SammyET** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:09 pm

i dont like that fix

Post by **tassuperkart** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:10 pm

Neither do i really but it seems to work.
L8tr
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Panda_ET · Post by **Panda_ET** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:18 pm

they are still sold at nissan if u are wondering if ur mechanic says u cant get them or they cant be changed change mechanics cos they have no idea, I also did the slotting of the holes.

Bjorn325 · Post by **Bjorn325** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:58 am

As you all can see on the photo, the main problem is not that the starter doesnt reach far enough.
Its the actual ring gear that has moved from its position on the flywheel.

This was a known problem back in the good old days.
Something with wrong tolerances made this happen.
Nissan's fix to the problem was to simply hit the gear back in its position and then carefully secure it with a Mig welder.
Just a couple of small burns does the job.

If done that way try to put the dots fairly symetric.
If unsure rebalance.

Ive done that fix on several Cherrys in Sweden.

gettu · Post by **gettu** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:05 pm

Bjorn325 wrote:As you all can see on the photo, the main problem is not that the starter doesnt reach far enough.
Its the actual ring gear that has moved from its position on the flywheel.

This was a known problem back in the good old days.
Something with wrong tolerances made this happen.
Nissan's fix to the problem was to simply hit the gear back in its position and then carefully secure it with a Mig welder.
Just a couple of small burns does the job.

If done that way try to put the dots fairly symetric.
If unsure rebalance.

Ive done that fix on several Cherrys in Sweden.

did that just last summer, but 'cause the ring gear is gone, doesn't help that much

Bjorn325 · Post by **Bjorn325** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:18 am

If most of the gear is gone and its not yet fixed to the flywheel,
you can always take it off and put it pack on to get the untouched gears towards the starter. =)

Tip: heat the gear up with a blowtorch so it expands. Otherwise it will be a bich to get back on. =)

/Bjorn

SammyET · Post by **SammyET** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:07 pm

you can always take it off and put it pack on (back to front)

velardejose · Post by **velardejose** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:08 am

Bjorn325 wrote:If most of the gear is gone and its not yet fixed to the flywheel,
you can always take it off and put it pack on to get the untouched gears towards the starter. =)

Tip: heat the gear up with a blowtorch so it expands. Otherwise it will be a bich to get back on. =)

/Bjorn

+1
Did it a couple times
Peace