[6pack] starter or ring gear

[oliver]

it's a high torque starter; not more than 2 years old.  but worth checking.

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From: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette at intel.com>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 9:12 AM
To: "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>; "'6 Pack list'" <6pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [6pack] starter or ring gear

> Oliver:
>
> How new is the starter? My inclination would be to do the starter first, 
> just because it is so much easier than the ring gear. Besides, the 
> starters seem to be the things that go first - couldn't tell you the last 
> time someone had a problem caused by a bad ring gear.
> Not saying that a ring gear can fail, but since it has no moving parts it 
> seems to be the more reliable of the two.
>
> Vance