Just flip the gear. I fixed mine in April, and all has been fine so far. That is the cheapest fix, and will take you 15 min. I have been off roading a bit since then, and quite a few hard starts, to the point all 4 wheels peeled out. The fix seems to be holding up. I mean, at least it will prolong the life of it. Rebuild it when you have no meat on the gear. For not you have 50% of the gear in excellent shape.

Oh as far as I know, once you peel off the gear protecting plate, it does not go on the same way. You basically mess it up, and I bet they just glue it back on, not press fit it. That is one of the reasons I decided to just flip the gear for now.

And there are guys rebuilding these things on ebay. Even the guy with the brass gear.

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