When to renew flywheel?

[Fingolfin]

I've got the engine and gearbox out of Mog at the moment, and the flywheel is rather worn. I was intending to renew the ringear, but it costs £25 that I don't have...plus shipping across an ocean and half a continent. So I was wondering if I could get away with not renewing the teeth right now.

I fully understand that it'd be best to do it now, and that I'll have to rip the engine back out to do it when it finally needs it.

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Whaddaya think? I can take more pictures if you need other angles.

[beero]

Looks no worse than mine. Did it start okay when it was running? If so, let sleeping mogs lie!

[MarkyB]

Seconded, the teeth can wear away to a nubbin and still work OK.

[chickenjohn]

If it aint broke..... don't fix it!

Instead...
Spend the money on seam sealer, stone chip paint and underbody wax protection to look after all the welding work you have done!

[kennatt]

seen much worse and still work ok,as long as the teeth on the starter dog are ok should mesh in fine,as said leave well alone

[bmcecosse]

Just use the starting handle instead...........

It will be fine for many years to come.

[davidpidge]

Glad to see these responses as the teeth on mine were badly worn on one side when I last had the box off and had a look!

[Fingolfin]

Wonderful! I've just saved £40, including shipping. CJ -- good suggestion! And I've now added the missing starting handle collar, BMC, so I can actually start it by hand now!