Flywheel on 14.5 hp briggs?

Geo-TH,In

Well-known Member
Can I replace the plastic starter ring with a metal one? Or should I just look for a used flywheel with a metal ring. Is the same flywheel used on other briggs engines or should I look for a 14.5 hp?
 
Briggs has a replacement ring gear kit that includes the bolts to retain the ring gear and a different starter gear to work with the new ring gear. (the starter gear Has 1 more or 1 less tooth, don't remember which) Last I knew tbe kit was about $40.

I am guessing you want a flywheel off a junk engine and that can be done, just remember to use the same starter gear with the same flywheel. If you are asking do all 14.5 hp flywheels fit all 14.5 hp. engines, there were a lot of changes made at or just before Briggs converted over to overhead valve production and I am thinking you have to be pretty close to the same series to be reasonably certain that the replacement would fit.
 
Counting the teeth on starter gear is ony part of the fix.

If you use the briggs repair kit then the ring gear & starter gear will be matched.If you start mixing used flywheels or ring gears then the starter gear as trk said MUST match material used on ring gear even if starter gear tooth count matches,aluminum ring gears require a plastic/nylon starter gear,steel/cast iron ring gears require steel starter gear as the tooth pitch angle is different between plastic/nylon & steel gears useing the wrong material starter gear can cause starter gear to hang up in ring gear or wear/break starter gear/ring gear quickly.
 
The plastic ring isn't bolted on, it riveted. Think I'll look for a used flywheel. I checked the valve clearance. Intake was loose. Last briggs I worked on the intake was the decompression valve and so is this odd ball. Instead of an allen screw on valve adj, it used a T20.
 

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