Must split tractor- what parts should I change out

The next morning I woke up and decided to take another look at it. I already knew that my flywheel ring gear was chewed up pretty good, so I decided to pull the starter and found that the starter bendix was jammed into the flywheel. I was able to turn the engine, put the starter back in and I pull-started the tractor and finished mowing and cultivated the garden.

Here comes the question part of this long post;

I know that the starter bendix and flywheel ring is bad. I left the repair manual with the tractor back in WI and I am here in Chicago for a few days and need to order parts.

Can I order the bendix part for the starter or will I need the whole starter?

Is the ring gear seperate from the flywheel on the 8N or are they one piece?

I will no doubt have to split the tractor in half to change out the ring gear. I suppose I should change the clutch and release bearing while I am at it, even though it is OK. I saw one post in the archives that mentions a front transmission seal that should be changed. Is this a good idea?

Could someone please suggest a list of parts and what I should change while I have it seperated? I hope not to have to split this tractor again in a long time. I dont have the any other resource at hand at the moment.

Splitting the tractor will be a pain but I feel relieved that the motor is OK.

Thanks for the help.

You will need a torch to heat the new ring gear to a blue color in order to expand it enough to drop over the flywheel. You can also cut the old ring gear off with an acetylene torch. That's the way I have been doing it for the last 50 years and it seems to work OK.

Zane

But to answer yer direct questions. Yes, just replace yer starter bendix drive.

Yes, the starter ring gear is a seperate heat-shrunk gear-ring that you drill and cold chisel off the flywheel which you obviouly must split yer tractor to access.

And yes, replace yer tranny input shaft seal ($3, cheap) while you have yer tractor split.

I haven't a clue wheather you need to replace yer clutch-plate. This is a visual inspection deal.

And NO, I aint gonnna tell you how to split yer tractor 'cuz the I&T FO-4 does it better..... ..respectfully, Dell

jim

jim