77
Replacing ring gear
1.
Punch holes in the ring gear tooth gaps with a
chisel. Crack the ring gear at the punched hole.
Brush clean the contact surface.
2.
Polish the ring gear to a shine at several points
round the ring. Evenly blue-anneal heat the pol-
ished sections.
3.
Quickly place the heated ring gear on the flywheel
and tap it into position with a soft drift.
Fitting the ring gear
Flywheel casing
Checking
The flywheel contact surface against the clutch cas-
ing should be square to the crankshaft within 0.15
mm.
Its inner edge should be concentric with the fly-
wheel within 0.25 mm.
With excessive dial indicator reading, check the fly-
wheel casing contact against the cylinder block.