'94 3.0 Cobra, eating starters

[CharlieB]

Boat is still pretty new to the owner.

Owner replaced the ring gear, promptly split new starter nose casing, reinstalled old starter w/new drive, and ate the teeth off the new drive.

Claims he counted ring teeth, the same # as old, and laid the new gear over the old to make sure both perfectly matched.

I took the starter off to look, no bevel on the ring gear teeth. Told him to find the right ring gear.

Boat is back to winterize, starter just grinds, he just put another drive gear on and 'shimmed' the starter.

Who knows for sure if the ring gear is supposed to have a bevel on the leading edge same as the starter drive teeth do?

 

[a70eliminator]

Re: '94 3.0 Cobra, eating starters

I've had a few dealing with flywheel ring gears and have never seen one with beveled teeth, only chewed up ones in which case the gear can be flipped over (man trans) to the good side, but never have seen beveled teeth

 

[CharlieB]

Re: '94 3.0 Cobra, eating starters

There has to be a simple explanation why this motor is eating starters.

I am suspecting a mis-match in tooth count, possibly the prior owner replaced the ring with the wrong # and current owner has simply repeated the error.

Will start checking parts sources to see if any actually specify the tooth count.

 

[Bondo]

Re: '94 3.0 Cobra, eating starters

There has to be a simple explanation why this motor is eating starters.

I am suspecting a mis-match in tooth count, possibly the prior owner replaced the ring with the wrong # and current owner has simply repeated the error.

Will start checking parts sources to see if any actually specify the tooth count.

Ayuh,.... It's a Chevy, there's only 2 choices, 'n gettin' 'em wrong is tough, as their 2" different diameter...
It's either the 153, or the 168...12" flywheel, or 14"....

Chinese starters,..??