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Old 07-17-2018, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by AC Ventura View Post
I agree, except that I rang Powermaster Technical and they said 70% is ideal as it enables the pinion to fire back easily.
Can't say I agree with that at all. Especially turning over a big block.
All of my Ford service manuals for FEs call for complete forward/back engagement on the ring gear and the depth must be greater than 1/2 of the ring gear tooth depth, as per the pics from this service manual below.

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