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As always, thank you very much. My mechanic here in the Us, who's worked on British cars all his life, says that the ring gears on MGg's and Triumphs etc were always beveled regardless of the starter. I take it that this is something unique to Rovers?</div>
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Regardless, any chance you have a flywheel that faces the engine even if ring gear isn't beveled?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I think that you are getting too hung up on the question of bevelling of the teeth. A 1971 car will have a pre-engaged starter motor which means that it does not start turning until the gear has moved so as to engage with
the teeth on the ring gear. This means that there is no need for bevelling on the teeth on the ring gear and flywheels and their associated ring gear do not have any bevelling. The bevelling is only needed with an inertia starter where the gear on the starter
motor flies into the ring gear after it has already started to turn, and the bevelling is needed to cushion the blow.</div>
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<div class="x_ydp1430b504quoted-text-header">On Monday 25 August 2025 at 16:41:38 BST, Robert Ruggeri via Rovernet <rovernet@rovernet.org> wrote:
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Okay. Anybody have a used flywheel for a 71 Federal series 2 2000 TC? Mechanic says the teeth have to be beveled and they have to face the engine.</div>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,serif; font-size:12pt; color:black"><b>Clutch on 71 Series II Federal 2000TC P6 is burned up. Mechanic says that the clearance on the pressure plate is too big, but is not sure which part is responsible.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,serif; font-size:12pt; color:black"><b>Problem might also be that the flywheel was turned too much during an earlier repair. Can source a new one at Wins, but we need one where the beveled teeth on the ring gear are facing
the engine. Wins is facing the other way.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,serif; font-size:12pt; color:black"><b>Anyone have the right flywheel or any advice?</b></span></p>
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