Hello again all,
No replies so far but thought I'd update you and see if there are any comments. Took the outer casing off this afternoon, to have a look in case there are any broken teeth or anything, having, as I explained previously, recently heard an unhealthy-sounding metallic graunching/cracking sound a few times when kicking over (most times it's okay.) Anyway, please see photo. I think everything looks fairly okay, but then what do I know. Ratchet teeth all appear intact, quadrant also, not sure whether tops of pinion teeth are a bit worn or not? But generally things look not too bad to me. I found a very very tiny bit of metal in the bottom of the casing. I guess there could be more in the dregs of oil under the quadrant etc in the bottom, but I dragged a scriber through there and it didn't pick anything up. Two questions I'm pondering are: 1. does it all look okay? and 2. should I take it apart to have a more thorough look? Any thoughts please? Phil