Renew Starter Ring Gear for V8 Engine Overhaul - 35, 39, 42
ENGINE
OVERHAUL
43
Starter ring gear - renew
1. Drill a 9.5 mm (0.375 in) diameter hole axially
at base of tooth and inner diameter of starter
ring, sufficiently deep enough to weaken ring
gear.
CAUTION: Do not allow drill to enter
flywheel.
2. Secure flywheel in soft jawed vice.
3. Split ring gear using a cold chisel.
WARNING: Wear safety goggles and take
precautions against flying fragments when
splitting ring gear.
4. Remove flywheel from vice, remove old ring
gear, and place flywheel, clutch side down, on
a flat surface.
5. Heat new ring gear uniformly to between 170
°
and 175
°
C (340
°
and 350
°
F).
CAUTION: Do not exceed this
temperature.
WARNING: Handle hot ring gear with care.
6. Locate ring gear on flywheel with chamfered
inner diameter towards flywheel flange.
NOTE: If ring gear is chamfered on both
sides, it can be fitted either way round.
7. Press ring gear on to flywheel until it butts
against flywheel flange.
8. Allow flywheel to air cool.
