1988 Johnson GT175 Flywheel Magnets

I've been having sneezing and missing issues. I could see a magnet was loose so I pulled the flywheel. Three of the six magnets were loose and they all shifted the same direction and are lumped together. There is now a gap of almost 2" with no magnet. One of the loose magnets has a sizable chunk out of one corner and another of the loose magnets has a much smaller chunk out of one corner. The question is, if I properly re-glue these magnets to the flywheel in their correct position will those missing chunks cause firing issues? I'd upload a picture but for some reason the site won't upload the file. File size might be too big.

No...only if they are broken in half

Make sure you clean the surfaces before reglueing. I had a similar issue. I still had a few magnets intact and indexed them with a sharpie which assured the others were in the correct location when I glued them all back. I actually used sharpie markers to space the magnets. It was a tight fit and really pressed the magnets into the flywheel while the glue set. I have also heard people use fuel line as spacers. Good luck!

Talk to a good BRP dealer.-----See if new magnets and an epoxy kit are available.