Kennedy Adapter / Porsche starter, Got engagement issues - no word from Kennedy Options

[3d914]

I have Kennedy adapter kit (#4950) for a SHO V6 3.2L motor attached to my Porsche 914 stock 901 transaxle. I'm using the stock starter. This is a Stage II kit with their flywheel & clutch disk.

I've had the engine on a test stand for several months working on tuning the
motor. I recently dismantled to do some maintenance and noticed that the starter does not appear to be engaging the the flywheel sufficiently (see image).

Has anyone else had this issue? Solutions?



TIA

[3d914]

Mike & Mark, that's the direction I was headed. Checked the dimensions and sure enough they're good. I have 2mm of gap between the rear face of the flywheel teeth and the front face of the starter teeth. during engagement starter teeth travel 14mm which is sufficient to cover the 11mm width of the flywheel teeth.

So as Mark indicated - the dark markings must be due to "starter drive shaft will try to pull away from the flywheel as it spins under load. Your pic of the flywheel looks to have minor marks towards the adapter and heavy marks closer to the tranny. This is what should be expected since the end of the starter shaft does not have a pilot bearing."

Didn't really doubt that Kennedy's design was correct - just wanted their check to coincide with mine -but I'm good with my numbers.

Thanks all.