went to start car this morning and got that loverly ive got loads of teeth missing from my ring gear noise...

 

are the flywheel and ring gear one piece or can you cut the old one off and replace it (ive done a load of pinto ones before so this isnt a prooblem)

You can buy a seperate ring gear i think its about 90 quid from nissan ;)

i do hope so ive known a couple of flywheels to have the ring gear as one part the teeth have been just hardened still gotta get starter motor and have the box n flywheel off ahh loverly job this time of year

you sure itss not the planet gears in starter motor? mine broke and made an awful noise

Its def a seperate piece mate

positive its the ring gear as i stuck it i 1st rolled the car a couple of inches to turn over motor and it was fine i had a senaky feeling it had a few teeth missing as the starters engaged with a crunch on more than a few times

I had this problem when I got my z three years ago it got worse and worse, when the engine was changed, it confirmed it was the teeth on the ring gear, I got a flywheel and ring gear from a breaker cause it was urgent and nissan couldn't get me one for two weeks, I'm sure one of the traders will have one for you.