Re: Chrysler/West Bend/etc recoil starter pinions

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August 8, 2016 at 7:30 pm #41773
amuller
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    From what I have to measure/count: ’57 Elgin 12 hp, 11 tooth, 58 teeth; ’61 West Bend 12 hp, 11 tooth, same; ’85 OMC 6 hp, 58 teeth, same diameter. I don’t have any 13 tooth motors to look at, but I counted the teeth on a couple of for-sale images of Chrysler flywheels and came up with 58 teeth, but don’t consider that reliable.

    There would be a sort of logic in using the smaller pinion on the larger motors as the mechanical advantage would be slightly greater?