On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, michael lunsford wrote:
> I don't have any personal knowledge of this but I'm sure some of the listers
> do:
>
> It seems like I recall a thread about the ring gear having the wrong gear
> angle for cars with starters that engaged from the rear (this is not an
> obscene comment). As I recall the ring gear was originally designed for cars
> that used a pull method of engaging the starter not the push method used on
> our 6s and etc. If this is the case, it would seem that the ring gear or
> starter gear would be more likely to fail and, most importantly, if it becomes
> necessary to remove it from the flywheel you could rotate it 180 degrees,
> reinstall it and it would work even better than the original. What says the
> listers, is this a reasonable conclusion?
You most def. cannot flip the flywheel. TR6 flywheels are not symmetrical
and there are machined surfaces that won't mate up (like the single dowel
pin that locates the flywheel.
To do what you really want to accomplish, you heat things up to 200(f) or
so and then use a soft drift to remove the ring. Make sure the ring is hot
and then install it in the other orientation.
So, you can flip the ring, but you cannot flip the entire flywheel.
> Mike Lunsford, 1970 TR6
regards,
rml
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