I'm looking for some guidance here. I'm helping a friend who has a TR
engine. The starter gear (on the starter) is chewed up pretty bad. I know
that Triumph changed the bendix from one that pushed the gear into
engagement with the flywheel to one that pulled the gear into the fly wheel.
I think that at some time someone replaced a push type with a pull type
starter but failed to change out the ring gear on the fly wheel.
My questions:
1. Will the push type bendix work with a ring gear intended for a pull type
starter?
( by work I mean turn the engine over, they have used this starter for
several years.
2. At what engine number did Triumph actually make the switch ?
3. Outside of looking at the ring gear teeth, is there a way to determine
which ring gear is installed in the car ?
Thanks in advance for any help and making me look good :)
Bob Nogueira
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