nfrank0908
Member
So I put a "good used" starter on my A a few summers ago and it worked about half the summer (by that it probably started the tractor 10-20 times, its a puller) then it started grinding the tops of the teeth off the ring gear to the point where it wouldn't start it anymore, just skip past. So I finally replaced the ring gear, got the flywheel installed last night. Before I tried to start the tractor I unhooked the batteries and manually engaged the bendix so i could roll it around by hand and check the mesh. It was horrible. barely getting any gear mesh at all. So I pulled the starter out everything looked ok. the starter gear didn't show excessive wear. Well, put it this way, each tooth would have had to been worn 1/4" to get the mesh I was seeing. So long story short, I put a washer on the top starter bolt to tilt the starter towards the ring gear. Have much better mesh now. Put the plugs back in and it fired right up several times.
I have two questions:
Is something else worn or broken that I am not seeing that would cause the poor gear mesh?
Is the spacer washer going to cause any problems in the long run?
I have two questions:
Is something else worn or broken that I am not seeing that would cause the poor gear mesh?
Is the spacer washer going to cause any problems in the long run?