I'm putting the tranny back in for the first time. I put the starter motor in...but I was wondering. THere's no teeth or anything that hooks onto the flywheel ring when I look at the starter? What gives? isn't there supposed to be a gear on there or something that sincs into the Flywheel teeth when I put it on?

 

The starter "gear" remains retracted in the starter until you turn the key to "start".... the solenoid slides the gear out to the end of the shaft, so the teeth engage the ring gear. When the engine starts, the gear retracts into the starter.

 

Thank you

Just want to make sure everything is going together right.