Flywheel turns but motor doesn't!!! Help!!!

[Beanhead]

Originally posted by QuantumMotorsports
Hey guys, I think I've got an idea, honestly, it sounds to me like something isn't quite right here, but it's possible that the ring gear (which gets pressed onto the flywheel) is somehow either loose or broken and is spinning, but the flywheel isn't spinning. That way, you can push start the car, but the teeth turn around the flywheel and don't turn the flywheel or crank. What do you think?

Yeah, something isn't quite right. I agree. The flywheel cannot spin freely without turning the crank (it is bolted directly to it by six bolts), thus turning the harmonic balancer, and thus, the serpentine belt. The only way the flywheel could "spin" "freely", is if it broke off the crank, and I HIGHLY doubt that is the case here, even if it DID break off the crank, it couldn't really "spin", for it would have no real axis to spin about, and it would be knocked out of alignment from the starter gear anyway. It would probably make the most horrendous noise too.