Deere aftermarket parts disaster

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Got it apart. Knocked off ring gear with chisel (gear got bent too in the process) and tried metal with file on inside part and tooth part, both were equally soft, unlike the original part that felt hard under file. Looks like that it is not properly hardened or just bad material. Will double check ring gear and starter gear mesh before I install engine. If it moves smooth then I am quite sure that those two parts fit. Starter gear does not have any alarmingly visible damage from this saga. Will check starter shaft for runout.

Installation wise I did not heat the new ring red hot! It was not my first time changing ring gears either.




Friend had 9l deere engine that suffered from 2nd cylinder liner cavitation hole and engine got hydrolocked. That lock happened after lunch break with warm engine. Operator tried to start engine but it was locked up, no visible damage happened to either starter motor or ring gear.


This probably how cheap junk flywheel ring gears are made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZrWNCCr4MA

That deere approved aftermarket brand has 12months warranty for parts and labour and all associated costs to restoring vehicle back to condition it was in before the damage. Going to see what will happen, are they going to send me just new junk ring gear or refund 50% of ring gear price. Have absolutely no hopes about labour, big job engine off, need to drain fluids, most places will charge like 30-40hours of labour for these things. Contact email form on their website gives error 500. Also on of their other domains gives captcha error related to incorrect domain key.


I looked up some parts from local deere dealer. Injectors, cylinder heads have core charge whether or not the part is reman or not. Really dissapointing this kind of core charge everywhere.