How bad is too bad? (wear on flywheel gear teeth)

[PerkHouse]

I have a few teeth on my flywheel that are worn a bit and was wondering if it's anything to worry about. The worst one has probably between 1/16" and 1/8" of wear on it, but none of them are chipped off.

My suspicion is that with a fully protruding starter gear, this small amount of wear is nothing to be concerned over, but I'd like to hear from those more experienced than I.

Thanks in advance!

[Arthur Dalton]

Run it.
The worse can happen is you will get pre-mature wear on bendix drive..a small price comparision to changing a ring gear..

..and stop hitting the starter when the engine is runnig...

[PerkHouse]

Will do. Thanks!

[PerkHouse]

Should the flywheel ring gear be totally clean or would some high temp grease be a good idea?

[manny]

No grease.
It would be thrown off from inertia anyway.

[PerkHouse]

Thanks Manny!

Grease the bendix in the starter?

[manny]

The only part to grease would be on the starter, where the bendix slides during engagement ( and dis-engagement ).

[PerkHouse]

Thanks!