Reply to "What engine maintenance should I perform while the engine is out of the car?"

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If the ring gear is chewed-up then it will need replacement.

A little trick some may not know:

Usually ring gear teeth are only worn down on one side of the flywheel.

That ring gear can be removed, flipped, and reinstalled so the 'fresh' side of the ring gears are now on the starter side.

Heat helps to expand the ring for removal, chilling the flywheel might help make the ring gear drop back on a bit easier.

I did this decades ago but the details of the process are now subject to the CRS syndrome.

Larry

9/22/156:13 PM

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