Digging up a 7 year old post just to say that I had the same problem. Turns out I somehow broke a tooth off too. But not just any tooth, the exact same tooth as 1blink. Strange thing, I didn't pry it off, I used a puller to get it off, so i have no idea how I broke it.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to figure it out for the rear of us. I ordered the new pulley and it started up like a champ... A week and a half later >:-( stupid Amazon
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