There are two sizes of ring gears on small block chevies. You probably have the starter for the large ring gear but need the starter for the small ring gear.
count your teeth on your ring gear <big gear> and on you pinion <little gear> and the divide the ring gear teeth by the pinion
41 teeth on the ring gear, 10 on the pinion gear.
43 ring gear 14 pinion
These cars came with a 10 bolt, 8.5" ring gear and an optional 12 bolt 8.875" ring gear.
ring gear 41 pinion 11 41/11 = 3.7272727272
It is a pinion gear.
ring gear
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The pinion gear meshes with the ring gear.
The # of teeth on the ring gear and the pinion gear. There is always more teeth on the ring gear then the pinion gear. And the way you determine the gear ratio is devide the # of teeth that's on the pinion gear into the # of teeth that's on the ring gear and that will be the gear ratio. The 4 gears that are the same size and run together is called the spider gears. Do not count those gears they have nothing to do with the gear RATIO.
bevel gear is driven by a ring gear thus turning the axles