fishtank24 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Hello have recently acquired a 1300 which is chewing starter pinions. ( not pre engaged) I suspect previous owner changed ring gear. Pinion has nine teeth. How many teeth should the ring gear have? Thanks in anticipation Gerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 1300FWD or RWD? If RWD it’s possible the engine is actually a 1500 (or has a 1500 flywheel) which is different and requires a pre-engaged starter. If FWD, you need to take a really close look at the ring gear on the front of the engine and it’s mountings to the front pulley and check it’s running straight and true without excessive flex. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank24 Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Thank you Nick will check alignment as FWD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 It's been several decades since I owned a 1300FWD but IIRC the ring gear frame is attached to the crank pulley via rubber bushes and if they aren't right all sorts of strange and unhelpful things happen. Also make sure the chamfer on the ring gear is pointed the right way to assist the gears meshing, bearing in that the gear moves back towards the starter motor as it engages so the chamfer needs to point forward. Also the FWD starter motor runs in the opposite direction to most..... Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank24 Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Brilliant Nick, hope to get checking tomorrow pm, will let you know how it goes. Gerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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