sstarter replacement

[SweetDaddy]

Well took the gears off the starter in my 1990 vanguard.with a 16 twin briggs.still turns over.why they make it out of plastic.has anyone replaced one yet.is it better to remove the engine of can the starter just be removed.thanks for the help

[jpswift1]

I have no clue why Briggs made the starter gear out of plastic. It's cheap crap and I had to replace mine twice on my one Max II with the 18HP Vanguard. You have to take the engine cover/blower housing off and a few other engine tin pieces then use a Snap-On thin wall swivel socket......12, 13 or 14mm (I can't remember which one). It's kind of a headache the first time you do it, especially if the engine is still in the machine, but if you have to do it a second time, you'll know the ropes and there shouldn't be as many 4 letter words flying.

[m38inmaine]

I changed mine out without removing the shroud. I had to machine down a socket to make it work though. I took a 1/4" drive socket and machined it as short as possible and also machined the outside diameter to absolute minimum. Then used a swivel on it to get that top bolt out.

[SweetDaddy]

i was told the fly wheel needs to be removed is this true dose any one have some pictures for me to look at .it would help me out

[msafi65]

You don't need to remove the flywheel to remove the starter. You do need to inspect the teeth on the flywheel and determine if the ring gear is steel or aluminum. The drive gears for the starter are listed as different for the two flywheels. If your flywheel has the aluminum gear and it's got missing teeth the ring gear isn't available anymore. I found a used flywheel last time I needed one. I've never seen a steel tooth flywheel with a bad ring gear, aluminum ones fail quite often. Good luck

[SweetDaddy]

thank you for the help got the new gear and the start out last night going to put it back in tonight .the off elk hunting next week ope i need to use the argo for getting one out

[SweetDaddy]

starter is in and argo is running .only thing i would like to know what would happen if i did not put the back pice of tin on the motor.would I dammaged the motor dose it help with cooling the motor or dose it keep the dirt out.other thing is the belt guarde broke off on me how much inportebn it that to.do you realy need one