dist bronze gear wear

[lun40119]

I looked at CV's website too......it isn't on there. Just call Chris Straub from that link. Tell him Helter Stelter told you to call and get a good distributor gear.......

[TheEngineWorks.com]

VERY simple solution for the big and small block Chevy guys! Most every cam company today offers a cast gear on the back of billet cams, and have for years. I've not put a all billet camshaft in anything for many years, even track only cars, why would I?? Since those cams were offered I've not dealt with one gear problem, and don't see why all engine builders don't offer this simple fix for their customers, I guess you would have to use some common sense, and I don't know why it's called "common" sense, cause it sure ain't very common!

The cast gear option is not available for the Ford or Chrysler guys, but Chrysler has a real large gear, which takes a lot of the load off of it, so I've never had a gear wear issue, but Fords SUCK with their tiny, little gear!

Moral of the story, tell your engine builder next time to use a cast gear core for your next build of a conventional sb/bb Chevy and don't worry about gear wear again! Those cams are only a few bucks more...

I am pretty sure this is the gear that is used......

http://www.straubtechnologies.com/am...ributor-gears/

That Ampco 45 is a high nickel bronze and holds up about as good as any bronze gear will..

[lun40119]

Hey Eddy........you can't get a cast cam gear on a rocket core......... Otherwise I would have a 3 piece core.

[slimbo5]

I had a cast gear pressed on my comp cam. Ate the distributor and cam gear.

[LAGNAF]

Eddy, thanks for the response.. but you're talkin to my engine builder..ME I'm too freakin poor to hire someone to build it!

I have a "problem", that's why I;m askin you guys for some suggestions..

But with a gear that is smaller than the cam journals. How do you press one on? Turn the last journal down, then press the gear on, then press another journal on?? Thats what my common sense tells me.

[JeffMcKC]

Its the whole back of the camshaft, TC will google it for you in 3,2,1

[1956NY150]

I'd thought of a composite gear, but hadn't heard of anyone directly that had used one..

just makes me nervous using a "plastic" gear to run my oil pump and push my valves open..

i used one plastic gear from Comp, it broke in half
Bullet Billet cam
back to brass
bob