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Most all of us know this, but I'll mentuion it because I found one occurance this week:

Leopard starter rings have the potential to break if the bendix is thrown toward the outside while the engine is running. It generally breaks a small segment out between the holes.

DO NOT RUN THE ENGINE WITH THIS CONDITION!!!

I have placed pictures of the reason on my facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/ http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000565290936

The broken segment was directly on plane with the crank pin, and caused the drive side counterbalance to wobble. Ruined the bearing, rubbed the case, and probably vibrated a lot.

Replacement coast of the broken parts are about $175, if you don't run the engine. More if you do.

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