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General => Technical Discussions => Topic started by: Already a Rover on December 27, 2015, 01:47 PM
Hi. I just removed the ring gears from two flywheels - mine was shot, and the clutch-face on the used one I got from Ivor was overheated (cracked). My ring-gear was trashed because the starter came loose on me last summer.
Anyway, in case you are interested, they can be R & R'ed by putting the whole thing in the oven at 350, then beating the ring gear off. It takes some force, but by going around and around it came off in about 5 minutes. Yes, minor damage to the teeth, but very minor.
I have the good flywheel on the floor in the garage now, where it will get good and cold. I'll clean-up the good ring gear, re-heat and it should go on pretty easy.
Also removed the brass bushing first. See this cool video on the 19th-century technology they used, then you will understand why. You don't have to understand the language in the video, which is Welsh (?); even better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7r24D--n4
The new ring-gear (hot) loved the flywheel (frozen). It dropped right on and 30 seconds later wouldn't move.
Quote from: Already a Rover on December 27, 2015, 01:47 PM
Also removed the brass bushing first. See this cool video on the 19th-century technology they used, then you will understand why. You don't have to understand the language in the video, which is Welsh (?); even better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7r24D--n4
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the helpful advice and link to the video. I'm not sure my mum would agree with you about it being Welsh ;)
Think it's Danish or another Scandinavian language, but not really sure? Good to watch all the same!
Ian