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Can you still drive your car if a few of the teeth on your flywheel your broken?
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∙ 15y ago
The teeth on the flywheel are only used when the starter is enguaged, and starting the engine. This means that once the engine is actually running, you should be ok. (Assuming the little pieces that broke off haven't lodged themselves somewhere that they can cause trouble) However, when you shut your engine off, you are gambling that the broken teeth aren't right where the starter needs to enguage. You should get it repaired as soon as possible. If your financial situation absolutely prohibits it, drive the car as little as possible, and avoid shutting it off as much as you can, because eventually you're going to get stranded when those broken teeth land in the wrong spot and the starter can't do its job.
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Is it ok to drive your car with the flywheel going?
yes you can but if the teeth are messed up up on it you mite go some where and it mite not start back up because the teeth are broken off of it
Starter will not engage?
if the starter is spinning but not engaging then the bendix (starter teeth) is not moving out to grab the flywheel teeth or the flywheel has some broken teeth. The starter needs to be removed to see what the issue is.
Will a bad flywheel cause a car to not turn over?
A bad flywheel can definitely cause the engine not to turn over. The flywheel has teeth. If the teeth are chipped or broken, then the starter can not engage to spin the engine over.
What causes a bad fly wheel on an automatic transmission car?
The flywheel can be cracked or the teeth on the flywheel can be broken or worn. Either of these conditions require the flywheel be replaced. I would also replace the starter when replacing the flywheel. This will prevent damage to the new flywheel from the worn teeth on the old starter.
Why does a starter on a Chevy 400 not engage to the teeth on the flywheel?
the starter bendix is bad or the flywheel it self has some teeth missing The Starter Bendix drive is not close enough to the flywheel. Reinstall the starter and check to see if there are shims that can be removed to place it closer.
What is making front teeth on starter chewed up?
Starter is not fully engaging or you may have a broken tooth on the flywheel.
Your Chevy starter does not engage it spins but will not engage any suggestions It is a mini sbc starter.?
Could be the starter drive is not engaging or perhaps you're using the wrong holes for your flywheel. If you have a 153 tooth ring and have the starter in the 168 tooth position, the gears would not mesh. Did it ever start? if it did ,most likely the starter drive is broken, or the pinion ,or flywheel are stripped of their teeth. Bendix is broken, Starter too far from ring gear, broken bendix throwout fork.
Will a starter make a whining noise when it is bad?
Yep, a starter can whine worse than a little kid.If the "bendix" doesn't kick the gear out to fully engage into the flywheel teeth - and even worse: if the teeth on the flywheel are worn down/away.A physical inspection of the starter and flywheel gear-teeth will be a good guide.
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How do you replace the gear teeth on the flywheel of a 14.5 HP Briggs and Straton?
You can't just replace the teeth, you have to replace the whole flywheel
How do you install a flywheel on a 1988 Chevy 350?
Big job. To replace a flywheel, you need to remove the drive shaft,and the gearbox. iIf a manual transmission,you will also need to remove the clutch and pressure plate.If an automatic, you will need to remove the torque converter. With all this removed, you then remove the flywheel and replace with new one. then reinstall clutch,etc gear box and driveshaft.It is a good idea at this time ,if a manual transmission,to replace the clutch,while you have it apart. "NOTE" make sure when you replace flywheel that the correct number of teeth on flywheel will match number of teeth on starter motor.To do this mark a tooth on the flywheel and count the teeth.Alos count the teeth on the starter motor.installing wrong one will chew up the teeth on new flywheel and starter and then you will have to start all over.
1989 ford bronco 2 2.9L When you go to start it the starter doesn't engage the flywheel and you end up pushing it to start you've replaced the start two times and still the same problem?
you are probally missing teeth on the flywheel you should replace the flywheel.
