[Healeys] Started pinion meshed to ring gear

[Michael Salter]

Hi John, try turning the square on the end of the shaft under the metal cap.
When you turn the motor backwards the bendix will pull the gear out of mesh.

Michael Salter
100 (1953) #174
AHX12 (1953)
Bugeye (1961)
http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=432


-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of John Soderling
Sent: May 16, 2009 6:07 PM
To: Healey List
Cc: Cully BigHealey Anderson
Subject: [Healeys] Started pinion meshed to ring gear

Help needed:

Cully Anderson and I were touring the Napa wine country this morning and
when
he started his 100 six after a stop.  It started but produced a loud
grinding
noise with the engine running.  He shut it off immediately.  He restarted it
several times and same sound.  The sound seemed to come from the starter
area
so I think the starter pinion teeth are stuck in the flywheel ring gear
teeth.

Tried banging on the starter to dislodge but this did not brake it loose.
Also tried coasting the car and dropping the clutch to brake it loose - did
not work.  Had the car hauled to his house.

Are there any tricks to dislodging the starter and flywheel gears short of
pulling off the starter?  Thanks for the help.

Vrooom vrooom,
John
Erika the Red