flywheel turning

[ca55idy]

here's the situation:
[pardon in advanced for sloppy typing--damn cold garage. If any one has nice weather, please send it to Montana.]

My wife's 60 had the starter go out. It appears that it was bad for quite a while and ground off some teeth on the flywheel.

I hear the easy solution is to turn the flywheel. Since it is freezing here, and my garage is packed with my 55 and 40 projects, i have not crawled under and cheked things out. How does one turn a flywheel to solve ths problem?

also, it is has a 350. i have the original flywheel that came with the 2f. Is it much more trouble to just swap flywheels? What are the ramifications of the 2f flywheel having diffrent # of teeth?

THanks in Advance
-Jeff

 

[tobydog]

Can't turn flywheel or us F or 2F flywheel eather. Is this a standard or auto? If standard a new ringear can be pressed on flywheel. If auto you will need a new flexplate.

 

[ca55idy]

it's a stock 4 speed manual.

Why wouldn't rotating the fly wheel 180 work? This is new territory for me. My understanding was since the engine usually stops in the same position, rotating the flywheel would work...

 

[willsta2000]

I don't recall whether the Toyota has an indexing pin on the crank or not, but the flywheel typically only goes on one way. Besides the position the crank/flywheel ends up in is almost completely random. Either get a new flywheel or have a new gear ring pressed and tack welded on.

 

[tewlman]

if its a 350 flywheel and you have some teeth missing, i would get another flywheel. if possible take it to an automotive machine shop, they can turn it for you or tell you to replace. if you need another one they can be had cheap at the junk yard.

 

[lagwagon]

You need to remove the flywheel and replace the ring gear. This part is readily available from your local auto parts store as it will be a Chevy flywheel. I use a die grinder and cut a notch in the ring gear and hit it with a chisel to pop it off. Stick your new ring gear in the oven at the lowest setting. Set the flywheel ring gear side up. With oven mits or welding gloves take the ring gear and set it on the flywheel. In 20 seconds or so the ring gear wil shrink back onto the flywheel. I have done this several times. While you are in there you should replace the tranny nosecone seal and gasket and check your clutch. When you reassemble check the starter for proper shiming. Chevy uses starter shims to move the starter away from the block if it is too close which could destroy ring gears. These are also available a your local auto parts store. Just my .02

 

[lone gunman]

something to check also, is the engine oil dipstick on the drivers side of the rig, (80 or newer block) if it is its a metric starter (14mm bolts not 9/16) i had this problem and broke two nose cones on starters and chewed up teeth on my fly wheel over about 8 months. it sounded funny when starting but still started, i tried shims and still didnt sound right, my parts guy figured it out for me. i had no idea chevy went metric.