Well, Bill - I I counted the teeth on a 300G torque converter, and came up with 172 of them... if Al says his ring gear has 146 teeth, and a 300G ring gear is supposed to have 172 teeth .... The problem is rather obvious. John Hertog -----Original Message----- From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of whuff Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 8:20 PM To: Debby and Al; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Fw: 300G torque converter Al, If the gears are clashing, there almost certainly will be evidence on both gears. Maybe you might try painting some machinist's dye on both the ring gear where it is exposed through the starter hole and also on the starter gear, all teeth. That will let you see if there is engagement or not, and also if the gear is spinning on the edge of the ring gear. I have had bad bendix drives before. One of them sounded like a wounded animal when it was slipping. Another did sound like the starter wasn't engaging, the starter spun up with a grinding noise, but it was really just the bendix slipping. Bill Huff At 12/16/200612:30 PM, Debby and Al wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: Debby and Al >To: >Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 11:30 AM >Subject: 300G torque converter > > >Hi All > I want to thank all that tried to help. There are no rub marks on >the ring gear or starter. the noise sounds like the teeth just don't >match. The ring gear has 146 teeth and the starter gear has 9 teeth. >I'm trying to get my original converter and ring gear back from the >reman shop to verify what was on the car. Maybe someone changed >something years ago. > Can anyone verify the tooth count? > >Still trying, Al > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >To send a message to this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >For list server instructions, go to >http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > >For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/ >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/ Yahoo! Groups Links