martynvella wrote:Pretty sure they were interchangable. The diametric pitch of the teeth remained the same and the shaft was positioned slightly different to compensate for the drive diameter change.
Only way to be sure what yours was standard with would be to come up with the denso number of a genuine starter and do a parts break down from that, but you can bet the toyota part has superseded to the latter one.
I have personally never seen any damage done by the pinion and never needed to fit a new one, only changed the the clutch assembly and took care that the same pinion went back with the same drive end bracket.
Not overly familiar with engine types but assuming yours is a diesel fitted with the 0.7 kw denso reduction starter?
Interested to find out how your research goes.
Sorry, I do recall a badly damaged pinion but that was caused by the owner using the wrong key and it stuck in the crank position whilst being driven, wasnt only the drive gear that was damaged.
Marty, you've basically confirmed what the research found. It looks like the 11 tooth is original and the 10 tooth is the later version.
Bursons are selling an 11 tooth for $273, Toyota is selling (something) for $8xx+ and ebay has a 10 tooth for $99 or an 11 tooth for $110.
The one I pulled out was 10 tooth and so I'm gonna go the 11 tooth for $110
Fingers Crossed right?
Footnote: Toyota Kempsey, called them at 1255. They were closing at 1300 and could not find out how many teeth on the sprocket until next week some time maybe. Really helpful of them. No wonder they have such a "Great" reputation around town.