This is my first post on here, so bear with my ignorance of engines.
When starting my 1986 50hp Mercury engine, it has been sounding loud, kinda like a grinding type of loud. When i lift the motor case off I can see tiny shavings of metal. Well, i guess tonight the engine had enough. It seems that the top half of the teeth on the bendix (where they hit the flywheel) have been grinded off.
I know I am going to have to get a new bendix, but can anyone tell me why that happens and how to avoid it happening again? Thanks.
When starting my 1986 50hp Mercury engine, it has been sounding loud, kinda like a grinding type of loud. When i lift the motor case off I can see tiny shavings of metal. Well, i guess tonight the engine had enough. It seems that the top half of the teeth on the bendix (where they hit the flywheel) have been grinded off.
I know I am going to have to get a new bendix, but can anyone tell me why that happens and how to avoid it happening again? Thanks.