1952 8N sidemount. I installed the flywheel/clutch and bolted the engine up to the transmission. My question is this: when looking through the timing hole/inspection hole where I move the tab out of the way. Should the beveled side of the ring gear be toward the transmission? Looking through the hole, it seems the timing marks are way to the right of the hole. Very hard to see over that way. Wondering if i put the flywheel on bassackwards. Thanks.
- Thread starter gwstang
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Just went and looked at a few to make sure I wasn't leading you astray. One of mine does have holes or the pressure plate drilled all the way thru. Most of them are only drilled part way. Another clue is the ring gear is installed from the transmission side and buts up against the larger diameter part of the flywheel where the timing marks are. Finally if your ring gear teeth have a bevel, that would be on the transmission side. The bevel is wear from the drive gear that engages from the transmission side. The bevel should not be there. It will eventually start eating drive gears and then fail to engage at all.
KL-VA, The bevel should not be there. It will eventually start eating drive gears and then fail to engage at all.
Just to let you know,The bevel on the flywheel teeth are on the ring gear when it is made new,some ring gears even have the bevel on both sides.The bevel helps the starter drive to engage the ring gear when starting.
Just to let you know,The bevel on the flywheel teeth are on the ring gear when it is made new,some ring gears even have the bevel on both sides.The bevel helps the starter drive to engage the ring gear when starting.
The brand new ring gear I just looked at in my shop does not have any bevel on either side of the teeth. Of course I cannot guarantee this replacement was made anything like the original ring gear. The only "bevel" I've seen was shiny new steel where a worn starter drive gear was knocking the corners off the ring gear teeth.
I have a new ring gear on the flywheel and it is already beveled. I have another new one sitting in the shop and it came beveled (shop ordered two by accident and just gave me the extra one).
Thanks to everyone for straightening this out for me. It was a comedy of errors on my part. The flywheel is on correct. I kept looking on the right side of the ring gear for the timing marks and saw the two places I had marked 0 and 4 deg...or so I thought. I turned the flywheel a little more and the marks showed up on the left right under the pointer as well they should be. The two little flecks of sealant that had gotten on the right side were just about right to be marked for a 0 and a 4 apart. After I turned the flywheel and saw the real timing marks on the left...it dawned on me what had happened. Sometimes...I just need to get far far away from my happy place.
" Another clue is the ring gear is installed from the transmission side and buts up against the larger diameter part of the flywheel where the timing marks are. Finally if your ring gear teeth have a bevel, that would be on the transmission side"
I kept looking at pictures online and looking at mine through the little hole and noticed that about the larger diameter and the gear teeth. Thanks. One thing, Henry could have had them make that dang hole a little bigger...either my eyes or shot or that little bitty hole is getting smaller every year...lol :?
Only one of my spare flywheels has pressure plate holes drilled all the way thru. Memory is a little slow, but I'm certain I drilled those thru so I could use the 8N flywheel as a template. I was drilling a new set of holes in a V8 flywheel so I could use the 8N clutch assembly. The V8 Clutch wouldn't fit in the 8N transmission housing, and the 8N flywheel wouldn't work on the V8. A normal 8N flywheel appears to have blind pressure plate holes on one side.
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