cracked starter cone

pittsburghracer said

I don’t know if you can get away with it like I can but on several of my small and big blocks that I have converted over to powerglide I have cut the nose off of starters and have had zero issues. Take a good look at it and see if that will work for you.

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Maybe it wasn't such a silly question as that was what I was going to ask at the beginning of this thread. Can I get away with just removing the cone and running without it. You can see in the picture that the spur gear shaft does not extend far enough to be supported by the cone anyway.