Posted by Haas on January 24, 2011 at 14:45:03 from (69.96.225.225):
The starter on my Farmall C developed a grinding problem. Inspection revealed that the ring gear was worn. It would not grind every time, but was getting worse. So I took on the task of splitting the tractor to replace the ring gear. No problem getting the old gear off, I drove it off with a blunt chisel and a punch. I tried heating the new gear with a propane torch to install it. The propane torch is the only thing I have in my shop to heat with, as I don't do welding, etc. I found it was not possible to heat the gear evenly and hot enought to get it started on the flywheel. Wife does not like me to use her oven for things like that and the shop is too far from the house anyhow. The gear would have cooled by the time I got to the shop. So...I thought--wonder if the gas grill would do the trick. Took the gas grill to the shop and barbequed the ring gear for about 20 minutes with the burners on high until the temp gage on the lid read about 400 degrees. I picked the gear up with a pair of vise grips and it slid right on the flywheel with just a light tap from a hammer. I was surprised how fast the gear cooled when in contact with the flywheel. It was cool enough to touch and tight on the flywheel in no more than a minute! Tractor is back together and the starter works great now!
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