[Farmall] Starter Gear Sticking On Shaft

[Austin Hurst]

Ben,

    This symptom probably means your ring gear teeth are worn.  Best 
solution:  split the tractor and  replace the ring gear.  Alternatively, if 
my memory serves me well, this ring gear can be flipped and reinstalled if 
it hasn't already been flipped.

Austin Hurst
Lafayette, CA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Wagner" <supera1948 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:49 AM
Subject: [Farmall] Starter Gear Sticking On Shaft


> Good afternoon,
>
> I was wondering if anyone else has any trouble with a starter gear
> "sticking" to the shaft, not allowing the gear to go forward and engage 
> the
> ring gear.  I have a new starter on the Super A, purchased about two years
> ago, used minimally like most restored tractors, and this issue keeps
> happening predictably.
>
> I have pulled the starter many times, and each time I have to knock the
> gear lose with a punch and a hammer.  The gear is always stuck at the back
> of the threaded shaft.  The shaft, or the gear, has no burrs to catch the
> gear and hold it; burrs around that area was one of the first things I
> checked.
>
> If you have had this issue on your starter, what have you done to keep 
> this
> from happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Wagner
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