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Leinie · 11-01-2003, 05:23 PM

My starter keeps disengaging from the flywheel ring gear and it's getting worse, to the point I gotta do something about it.
It's a 72 blazer 350/th350
Do these flywheels have a removable ring gear ? I recall my cousin replacing the ring gear on something once

How hard is it to replace the ring gear?

I know I'll need to move the engine a bit to get the flywheel out and that is no problem .

Should I just look for a junkyard flywheel with good teeth ?
Does anyone have one cheap ?

It seems the things only wear in 4 spots from what I've seen and heard. Why couldn't the a$$hole engineers mount the damn thing with 3 bolts or make it reversable so one could use up the other teeth

Thanks for any help

11-01-2003, 05:23 PM	#1
Leinie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA Posts: 2,613	Starter Flywheel problem My starter keeps disengaging from the flywheel ring gear and it's getting worse, to the point I gotta do something about it. It's a 72 blazer 350/th350 Do these flywheels have a removable ring gear ? I recall my cousin replacing the ring gear on something once How hard is it to replace the ring gear? I know I'll need to move the engine a bit to get the flywheel out and that is no problem . Should I just look for a junkyard flywheel with good teeth ? Does anyone have one cheap ? It seems the things only wear in 4 spots from what I've seen and heard. Why couldn't the a$$hole engineers mount the damn thing with 3 bolts or make it reversable so one could use up the other teeth Thanks for any help



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