Yes, one can rotate the gear so that the starter doesn't always hit the
same teeth (I have noticed that apparently the engine usually stops at
some common location in it's cycles and it's usually the same teeth that
get the starter impact). The problem here is you can't get the ring gear
to hot with a torch, otherwise it doesn't seem to cool to the original
diameter and will walk off the flywheel. Look at some flywheels and
sometimes there is a gap starting between the gear & the flywheel. To
keep the ring gear on, usually it's okay to lay a small bead of weld to
secure it.
Look at the Rootes shop manual and you will see that the removal is to
use a gas torch on the damaged ring gear. However, to heat up the new
replacement gear, a hot oil bath is used and I think that's to avoid
overheating the new gear.
I don't understand "flipping" the gear over. The gear is only installed
in one direction & shouldn't be installed backwards.
Jan
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