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Don't get a three prong puller get the mp tool that I'd basically a nut and a bolt for $30
Yes. As I said any counter force on the gear while the starter I'd trying to overcome the motor will shatter the teeth. Based on the perceived metallurgy of that bronze gear it would be quite easy to dnap off a few teeth. Once they go the idler gear gets overstressed when it gets to that gap.
Another thing to check for I'd smooth movement in that gear behind the flywheel. Mine was binding so bad that I'd blued the gear and turned it into a pretzel. Then snapped the teeth.
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