Calling ALL pro's, I JUST CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by camaro1969

does the paper clip suppose to slide in when the teeth of the pinion are meshed up with the fly wheel gear or when the teeth tip to tip?

You would use the "paper clip version" (about .035 to .040") to check the space (gap) between the ROOT of the flywheel and the tooth of the starter pinion... a view like this.... if this works using the keyboard here.

So that gap is checked between these two points = <.< = The first < being the root in the flywheel - the second is the tooth of the pinion on the starter. The dot is the end of the paperclip. EXCEPT that I can't place the DOT in the crotch of the V's using my keyboard.

Make sense??