[6pack] starters, ring gears, etc

[oliver]

so if I have an original starter motor (HEAVY!!!) I should be able to put it 
in and drive off???

then some point in the future pull the tranny and switch the ring gear 
around?

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From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor at webtv.net>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:29 PM
To: <JAR7U at hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu>; "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>; 
"Triumph 6 Pack" <6pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [6pack] starters, ring gears, etc

> James---Years ago I had a converation with a tech guy at TRF. He told me 
> that TRiumph left the bevel on the ring gear on the rear, even tho when 
> developing the six, the starter gear now engaged from the front. From that 
> I assumed that all the fours had a rear engaging starter. Sorry if I added 
> to any confusion here. (Ted S. also gave me a heads up on this).
>
> Dick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruffner, James A *HS
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 6:23 AM
> To: Sally or Dick Taylor, oliver, Triumph 6 Pack
> Subject: RE: [6pack] starters, ring gears, etc
>
> If I understand you correctly in your first statement, you are referring 
> to the "long shaft" or "long nose"  starters.  This was a design used in 
> the TR-2s and some early TR-3s, not early 4s.
> ________________________________________
> From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On 
> Behalf Of Sally or Dick Taylor [tr6taylor at webtv.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 2:39 AM
> To: oliver; Triumph 6 Pack
> Subject: Re: [6pack] starters, ring gears, etc
>
> Oliver---Early four TRs had their starter motor gear engage the ring gear 
> from the back forward. (Don't know the exact year this started or ended) 
> All the sixes that I've come across in this area had their starter gears 
> enter the ring gear from the front.
>
> When the factory built the sixes, the bevel on the ring gear was never 
> changed to the front, as logic would dictate. But this bassackwards bevel 
> worked on most of the TR6s without a problem.  If a ring gear has to be 
> taken off for any reason, this would be a good time to turn it around. 
> This ring gear is a heat-it-up-to-fit for installation. When the ring gear 
> cools, it should never move due to starter motor engagement. (One would 
> need to split it to take it from the flywheel).
>
> Dick
> '73