<VV> VV - starter woes

[Bryan Blackwell]

My thought would be that since the crank, input shaft, trans output, and pinion shaft are all supposed to be parallel, and they should all also be normal to the case faces, that the bellhousing sides should be parallel too.

--Bryan

> On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Kinzelman, Andy via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> I have been told that after years of stress the bellhousing can sag - creating misalignment of the crank and  transaxle centerlines.  The PG bellhousings have less material and might be more prone to sagging.
> If that happened (conjecture) - this could cause the starter and ring gear to be too close together; and possibly out of proper alignment.  I don't know of an easy way to check that, however.
> Andy K.