400 flywheel chewed up
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From: Rocky Point, North Carol
400 flywheel chewed up
I finished putting the 400 in my 77' F150, and everything worked great, but when I went back checking the driveline, I noticed metal shavings in the bell housing behind the cover. I checked the flywheel, and it's being chewed up by the starter. I verified again that I had the correct flywheel, and checked the starter by part number to ensure that I had the correct one. Everything checks out, but one day of starting and running the truck has torn the flywheel up to the point that I am going to have to get a new one. Any ideas why???
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It didn't look like the starter gears were torn up, but I will have to check again. Any idea why it's doing it? I figured if the starter and the flywheel were matched up correctly, that there wouldn't be any problems. I don't want to get the new ring gear and have it torn up again. 
