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bottomfeeder pete · 05-28-2010, 09:32 AM

I have an old flathead that was rebuilt and 20,000 miles put on it back in 1960. Then it was pulled and set in a 32 pick up and has been sitting since. I have taken the motor apart everything looks good and not to dirty. My question is about the fiber timing gear it is a press on it looks excellent. But being soak with oil all this time do you think it is usable still. Would it get soggy or soft and fail? I don`t really want to pull cam or spend the cash if I don`t need to. Any thoughts on this? thanx in advance Pete.

Kahuna · 05-28-2010, 09:53 AM

BFP
It runs in oil. It'll be fine. Run it.
Jim

JM 35 Sedan · 05-28-2010, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bottomfeeder pete

I have an old flathead that was rebuilt and 20,000 miles put on it back in 1960. Then it was pulled and set in a 32 pick up and has been sitting since. I have taken the motor apart everything looks good and not to dirty. My question is about the fiber timing gear it is a press on it looks excellent. But being soak with oil all this time do you think it is usable still. Would it get soggy or soft and fail? I don`t really want to pull cam or spend the cash if I don`t need to. Any thoughts on this? thanx in advance Pete.

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If the teeth on the timing gear look good (not heavily worn, chipped or broken) I would suggest running it as it is. In other words...."don't try to fix it if it ain't broken". Now last year mine broke and I devised a way to remove the old fiber press on gear and replaced it with an aluminum press on gear without the need to remove the cam. I believe the fiber gear I had on there was made in China with inferior molding compound. It only lasted about 2000 miles before about 5/6 teeth completely stripped off. JM

Karl Wolf · 05-28-2010, 02:11 PM

There is tooling to r&r timing gear without removing the cam from the engine... And I picked up a press on type timing gear, aluminum, just in case... ( I ran into a nos
SU-1 and passed it up, had no gear) There was some posting on this site on the subject... And, you may have guessed, I don't like the fiber gears... Karl

bottomfeeder pete · 05-28-2010, 06:24 PM

Thanx for the info.Going to run it.This is a great place Thanx again Pete.

01aford · 05-28-2010, 08:31 PM

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The fiber gear will be fine.

05-28-2010, 09:32 AM	#1
bottomfeeder pete Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: lummi island wa. Posts: 20	timing gear I have an old flathead that was rebuilt and 20,000 miles put on it back in 1960. Then it was pulled and set in a 32 pick up and has been sitting since. I have taken the motor apart everything looks good and not to dirty. My question is about the fiber timing gear it is a press on it looks excellent. But being soak with oil all this time do you think it is usable still. Would it get soggy or soft and fail? I don`t really want to pull cam or spend the cash if I don`t need to. Any thoughts on this? thanx in advance Pete.

05-28-2010, 09:53 AM	#2
Kahuna Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,617	Re: timing gear BFP It runs in oil. It'll be fine. Run it. Jim

05-28-2010, 02:11 PM	#4
Karl Wolf Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mill Valley,Ca. Posts: 1,509	Re: timing gear There is tooling to r&r timing gear without removing the cam from the engine... And I picked up a press on type timing gear, aluminum, just in case... ( I ran into a nos SU-1 and passed it up, had no gear) There was some posting on this site on the subject... And, you may have guessed, I don't like the fiber gears... Karl

05-28-2010, 06:24 PM	#5
bottomfeeder pete Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: lummi island wa. Posts: 20	Re: timing gear Thanx for the info.Going to run it.This is a great place Thanx again Pete.

05-28-2010, 08:31 PM	#6
01aford Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 176	Re: timing gear Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The fiber gear will be fine.