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bobsterfl
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Posted: Apr/14/2018 at 4:22pm |
I have been through this myself. I had shimmed the distributor gear to minimize end play, and what I did not check was to make sure that the outside diameter of the shim washer is smaller than the root diameter of the gear. So the shim washer interfered with the correct mesh of the gears and,well...you know the rest. Hope this information is helpful, and it is easy to check just by yanking the dizzy.
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Red20
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I've used the Bulltear matched gears with no issues. I've also installed new MSD cam and dizzy gears together with no issues several times. And I've reused matched (and unmatched...) OEM gears with success. It's all in the oiling system as well as timing cover and endplay tolerances.
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bobsterfl
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When I built my 390, I wiped the dizzy gears in just a few miles. Pulled everything apart and discovered what a dumb rump I was. I had shimmed the distributor gear to reduce end play, but what I didn't realize was that the shims I used had too large of an outside diameter, and interfered with the gear mesh. Second time around I used the correct shims that have an OD smaller than the root diameter of the gear. Almost 4,000 miles later with no problems. I also always used matched gear sets and will use OEM gears that have been run for thousands of miles with no problems.
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JavelinGeo
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Hello Red, just wiped a cam lobe on my AMC 360...melling 20402 cam Comp lifter I over wrenched it and bam! ticking noise that wont go away..
pulled it zall apart block and heads still in car...any advice?!? |
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amx39068
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Are you talking about having an .040 hole in the oil passage plug behind the timing chain?
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rjs
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I don't have this done on my motor, but my engine builder mentioned this mod. I think you want to put the hole in the pipe plugs that seal off the oil gallery on the front of the block. I'm not sure if one or both should be drilled. I think only one. Hope this helps
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SEASON2123
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since some people are doing some modifications to there block. i wanted some one to tell me where to do some wholes, i understood to use a 1/16 drill bit but i want to do this to my block because i reallly dont want my gears to get chewed up again. i want to do it in a couple of hours so if somene will tell me exactly what to do it will be great. i already got my new gears but i also want to do that modification becuase if people got results from them i want to try it too. thanks.
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amx39068
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amx39068
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As stated in another post, the issue is not likely in the gears. I have built dozens of engines and not one has ever had failed gears including many with mismatched gears on a new dizzy mated to the old cam gear in the engine. The issue is much more likely as stated due to a lack of lubrication from the timing set cam sprocket not feeding oil to the gears or a misalinged dizzy hole in a worn or aftermarket replacement front timing cover that causing too little or too much gear lash. Remember, many many AMC engines easily went well over 100k miles without ever having an issue with the dizzy gears. It wasn't until the newer timing sets and replacement covers came out that the problems started to occur. Back in the 70s, nobody ever heard about AMC cam and dizzy gears giving it up which should tell all of us that there was not a problem with the old gear sets.Edited by amx39068 - Jan/02/2010 at 9:52pm |
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SEASON2123
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okay well im going to try to get some bulltear gears matched and im going to clean my oill pan off. i will get back to u guys to tell u how it goes
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