Ring gear - starter

6. Remove 4 bolts securing drive plate clamp ring and remove ring.
7. Remove drive plate from hub.
8. Remove 6 Allen screws securing hub, remove hub and collect spacer. On early engines, balance weights are on engine side of drive plate; replacement drive plates will have balance weights on torque converter side of drive plate.

Refit

1. Clean hub and mating face, spacer and clamp ring.
2. Clean drive plate and ensure free from cracks and distortion.
3. Fit spacer and hub to crankshaft, tighten Allen screws to 78 Nm (58 lbf.ft).
4. Fit drive plate and clamp ring, tighten bolts to 45 Nm (33 lbf.ft).
5. Clean CKP sensor and mating face.
6. Fit crankshaft sensor and tighten nuts to 6 Nm (5 lbf.ft).
7. Fit CKP sensor cover and tighten bolts to 6 Nm (5 lbf.ft).
8. Fit CKP sensor multiplug to bracket.
9. Fit automatic gearbox. AUTOMATIC GEARBOX - ZF4HP22 - 24, REPAIRS, Gearbox - convertor and transfer gearbox - V8.

Ring gear - starter

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Remove

1. Remove flywheel. ENGINE - V8, REPAIRS, Flywheel.

2. Drill a 3 mm (0.12 in) diameter hole at root of 2 teeth.
3. Apply a cold chisel in root of one of ring gear teeth, strike chisel with hammer to break ring gear.

WARNING: SUITABLE EYE PROTECTION MUST BE WORN.

4. Remove starter ring gear.

Refit

1. Clean flywheel and starter ring gear.

2. Heat new starter ring gear evenly to 350°C (660°F), indicated when the ring is a light blue colour.
3. Locate ring gear on flywheel and press ring gear hard against flange on flywheel.