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Rich, I tend agree with what the Evil Steve said. If you look through the posts on bendix, you'll find references to the difficulty installing a starter with this bendix. If it was not a faulty mechanical part, it might have been the installation. Could it have been a faulty bendix? definately yes. Could it have been a faulty ring gear? definately yes. We always look at fractured metal to see if there was any sign of cyclic fatigue stress, ancient fracture, impact, torsion or in the case of new parts, faulty manufacturing, defective materials or fit(misidentified part/wrong application). To move on, you said you broke a tooth off the ring gear, it will have to come out. Remove and Replace. You did not have to beat it on, I hope. It should slide on with no interference, then shrink to fit. You'll have to replace the bendix, eyeball both the bendix and ring gear "very carefully" before you walk out of the store. If it is any condolences, my $2400.00 irrigation pump rebuild this year lasted all of about six hours(bearing failure). But it took several days of "negotation" to get the repair shop to eat the repair and replace, much less to put me back at the top of the priority list for repair. On the lighter side, what did the grapes say about this? Beat me, Stomp me, make me WINE. ATW/WA
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