Toasted ring gear?

Posted by David in UT on July 07, 2004 at 20:35:16 from (68.165.29.94):

All,

I had a nasty little problem on a 400D this last weekend... I was giving my dad a tractor driving lesson, and things were going alone fine when the tractor suddenly started loosing power. After a few seconds of really struggling, the engine stopped and I noticed smoke coming out of the starter.

I pulled the starter, opened it up, and it's definitely burned out. I noticed also that the battery was dead, and I found that the teeth on the ring gear look mighty worn. My theory is that the key switch stayed in the START position -- it's really hard to tell where it is. That kept the starter engaged, leading to the burn out a few minutes later, and the current draw drained the battery. And, since the bendix gear was still engaged on the ring gear, when the starter froze up, it stopped the flywheel. Sound legit?

I was able to pull start the tractor later, and it ran just fine otherwise, so the engine is ok. Whew...for a second there I thought I had seized something.

In any case, I'm looking some advice on the ring gear. I've attached a picture of it below. Prior to this incident, the starter would occasionally spin, so I know there was some wear on the teeth already...I just don't know how much. Do you think I can get away with flipping the ring gear over, or do I need to replace it completely? I think it's bad enough that I need to split the tractor and fix it one way or the other. Any expert opinions out there?

Many thanks,

- David

• Ring gear pic

Follow Ups:

• Re: Toasted ring gear? David in UT (follow up) 22:09:33 07/16/04 (0)
• Re: Toasted ring gear? captaink 07:25:08 07/08/04 (0)
• Re: Toasted ring gear? Rich-Wi 03:55:31 07/08/04 (3)
  • Re: Re: Toasted ring gear? David in UT 15:41:19 07/08/04 (1)
    • Re: Re: Re: Toasted ring gear? Allan in NE 16:16:33 07/08/04 (0)
  • Re: Re: Toasted ring gear? Allan in NE 04:15:41 07/08/04 (0)
• Re: Toasted ring gear? Scott 21:26:05 07/07/04 (1)
  • Re: Re: Toasted ring gear? David in UT 15:27:38 07/08/04 (0)
• Re: Toasted ring gear? K.B. 21:15:22 07/07/04 (0)

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