<VV> Broken Starter "Nose"

[Jim Becker]

The first (and one of the few) I ever ran into was on a Powerglide.  There 
was nothing obvious wrong with the ring gear.

Jim Becker

-----Original Message----- 
From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 5:23 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re:  Broken Starter "Nose"


Forgive my ignorance - is this a manual transmission problem or does it
also affect PGs?

On 2019-05-17 17:59, Harry Yarnell (Verizon) via VirtualVairs wrote:
> What I failed to say is, it's the welds on the pressure plate starter ring
> that crack.
> Use a screwdriver or small pry and try to pry the ring at the various 
> welds
> to see if there's any play.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim [mailto:corvair at frontiernet.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 5:49 PM
> To: 'Harry Yarnell (Verizon)'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: RE: <VV> Broken Starter "Nose"
>
>  Thanks for your responses.  I'm going to replace everything inside the 
> bell
> housing.  The car has over 100,000 miles on it so I guess I got my money's
> worth!
>
> Jim B.
>
>
> Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and 
> get
> used to the idea. - Robert A. Heinlein
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Yarnell (Verizon) [mailto:harryyarnell at verizon.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 5:29 PM
> To: 'Jim'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: RE: <VV> Broken Starter "Nose"
>
> Broken starter noses are almost ALWAYS caused by broken starter ring on 
> the
> clutch plate.
> Remove the clutch pressure plate and re-weld the starter welds.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> Jim via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 8:16 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Broken Starter "Nose"
>
> Is there anything else that can break a starter nose other than a loose
> flywheel?  My Spyder wouldn't crank more than "Rrr-Rrr"  when I took it 
> out
> of winter storage.  I pulled the started, and the part of the nose had
> broken off.  See photos.  It had no signs like rattling or vibration when 
> I
> put it away last fall.
>
> Jim Bartasevich
>
> Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and 
> get
> used to the idea. - Robert A. Heinlein
>
>
>
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