Barney Gaylord wrote:
>
> Actually guys, because of the way the four cylinder enigne stops on the
> compression stroke, the ring gear wears in two places 180 degrees apart for
> a distance of about six inches in each place. Rotating the flywheel 180
> won't make any difference. Just relocate it 60 degrees either way to
> prolong the life of the ring gear.
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
I must be missing something. If you have four cylinders and each cylinder
has its compression stroke at a different time, I would think the that
engine would stop at one in 4 places on the flywheel that are 90 degrees
apart. Why would this be wrong?
Bill Gilroy
77 Midget
90 Shar-Pei
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