RE: [Chrysler300] Fw: 300G torque converter

[whuff <whuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It would certainly seem so, however, I stand by my original 
statement, if the gears are clashing, there should be signs of that clash.

I am much more familiar with  the aluminum torqueflites than I am on 
the cast iron ones.  The aluminum trannys basically came with 2 
different converter ring gears. I think they were 130 tooth and 143 
tooth, but I really don't know if the converter mounting surface was 
a different diameter for the different ring gears or the ring gears 
were just sized differently.  Does anyone know how many different 
cast iron Torqueflite converter ring gear sizes were available?

If they haven't dumped. I mean recycled, the original ring gear, I 
have had good luck cutting them off, turning them around and 
re-tacking using the other more virgin side of the gear for starter 
engagement. That was on other brand cars, but the principal is the same.

Bill Huff

At  12/16/200610:15 PM, John J. Hertog wrote:
> 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
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