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RING GEAR?
RING GEAR?
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
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
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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
my car has that same problem, it sure sucks, people just look and laugh
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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 muchBjorn325 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.
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+1Bjorn325 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
Did it a couple times
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