Home/Opel/Corsa/Opel Corsa B (1993-2000)/Repair manual/Diesel Engine/How to Replace the Starter Ring Gear
Contents Wiring diagrams Section: Diesel Engine All sections

How to Replace the Starter Ring Gear Opel Corsa B

Diesel Engine 1 illustration ~122 words

Starter Ring Gear, Replace

Remove flywheel - see corresponding operation.

Drill into starter ring gear below a tooth gap with a bit of ∅ 6 mm to a depth of approx. 8 mm (see illus. I). Detach starter ring gear at the drilling location with a chisel.

Heat new starter ring gear uniformly to 180 ° C to 230 ° C/356 ° F to 446 ° F (straw yellow burnished colour). Place heated starter ring gear with inner chamfer on flywheel and drive on uniformly until seated with brass drift.

Install flywheel - see corresponding operation.

Check lateral runout of starter ring gear to installed flywheel (see illus. II). Max. lateral runout 0.5 mm/0.0197 in.