Has anyone else heard this?

[Truck Shop]

Folks it's pretty simple to see with a 6 cylinder 855 crankshaft, noting the corresponding
crank pins, 1-6, 2-5, 3-4----It has three choices of cylinders to consistently stop rotating on.
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[cfherrman]

The old trick with FE's was just heat remove flip and install, kind of like turning your underwear
inside out on the second day.-----it's all about mileage hansen.

I wear them front, then back, then I turn them inside out and wear them front and back!

 

[Truck Shop]

Yup, it's all about the mileage.

 

[56wrench]

An old trick for unobtainable ring gears was to remove them and if the damage was not too bad, just reinstall about 90 to 100 degrees from where the wear was if it was a good section of the ring gear. If flipping the ring gear, i used a Dremel to put the small chamfer on one side of the teeth just like the original side

 

[terex herder]

I have had a couple of pickups where I rewelded the teeth on the flywheel with an acetylene torch while still in the truck. It's just a couple of teeth. 10 minutes and it starts again. The price of a new flex plate was more than the value of the truck not even counting installation.

 

[Coaldust]

I have had a couple of pickups where I rewelded the teeth on the flywheel with an acetylene torch while still in the truck. It's just a couple of teeth. 10 minutes and it starts again. The price of a new flex plate was more than the value of the truck not even counting installation.

That’s crafty.

 

[Truck Shop]

A chevy C-10-20, leave coolant hoses hooked remove everything else support trans, pic & move
ahead 3" remove bolts with breaker slide flex down reverse to replace, pretty quick.

 

[terex herder]

Thats what they were, C10 Chevys with a small block V8. I wouldn't have thought of shifting the engine forward.