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50oz flywheels

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for the ones that went to 50oz flywheels what did you have to do to modifly the starter to clear the added weight? please if you can go into detail what you did. thanks, John
 

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revenge1977 said:
for the ones that went to 50oz flywheels what did you have to do to modifly the starter to clear the added weight? please if you can go into detail what you did. thanks, John
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Had to pull the starter, and grind back the cage that comes over the input shaft. Had to grind back about a half inch on either side to keep it from hitting.
 
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