Source for the "good" timing set??

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letank
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found another good pict of a flawed gear

sorry linky is gone from the post mentioned below, putting another one

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in
theamcforum.com/forum/the-cam-distribut ... page4.html

Also a good note from SC397

The gears are not Hypoid type gears so, the depth of the distributor gear meshed with the cam gear is not that critical with. If it was that critical, there wouldn't be .050" end play in most of the OE distributors. Of coarse, you want it to be centered as much as possible. What is critical is the engagement with the oil pump shaft. You don't want the distributor shaft clamped down so tight to the oil pump shaft that there is a load on it. The distributor gasket helps shim the distributor to the oil pump shaft as well as sealing it up.
As mentioned before the issue with the early aftermarket covers is with the bottom driver's side locating dowel hole. They were off causing the whole timing cover to be shifted the wrong direction causing a bind when you stabbed the dizzy in.
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Sorry, keep finding more refs

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthre ... 867&page=2

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found these picts, too late to digest

http://rebsamcandjeep.proboards.com/user/3/recent
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letank wrote:Sorry, keep finding more refs

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthre ... 867&page=2

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found these picts, too late to digest

http://rebsamcandjeep.proboards.com/user/3/recent
Another good reference, and one that shows... You must check every part! Even the good ones! You can always get that "one" bad gear or a cam blank that is drilled incorrect.
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Re: Source for the "good" timing set??

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I ended up buying one from bulltear.com after reading that other people had good luck with them. I haven't put very many miles on my Wagoneer since I installed the new timing set. So far so good. (Knock on wood). I also changed out the distributor gear and cam Drive gears with MSD gears. I have been meaning to pull the distributor and check for excessive wear.


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The bulltear set is Cloyes. Good stuff.
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from the mothership, SC/397 has replied to a question about the chamfer

his old stock shows .116 to .120 for the hypotenuse -what I measured-

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Check the post for itselliot 401 built, and another ref for the sleeve repair for the harmonic balancer from felpro 16204

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthre ... 867&page=3
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Re: Source for the "good" timing set??

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Interesting... Since summit had shown out of stock I had ordered my second timing set for my CJ's 360 from jegs. Got this today... ImageImage

So if jegs, summit, etc don't have em... Where can I find em??

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tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:Interesting... Since summit had shown out of stock I had ordered my second timing set for my CJ's 360 from jegs. Got this today... ImageImage

So if jegs, summit, etc don't have em... Where can I find em??
Oh dear! I hope that doesn't mean discontinued! Is the slightly more expensive set available? Bulltear set?
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Nikkormat wrote:
tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:Interesting... Since summit had shown out of stock I had ordered my second timing set for my CJ's 360 from jegs. Got this today... ImageImage

So if jegs, summit, etc don't have em... Where can I find em??
Oh dear! I hope that doesn't mean discontinued! Is the slightly more expensive set available? Bulltear set?
I haven't checked Bulltear. I was just happy when I found a good set on summit. Then bothered when it was out of stock. Happy to have found it at jegs. Now concerned as it seems to be MIA everywhere. I wonder how to call the actual manufacturer and see if they have any insight... Anyone know where they are based and a contact number??


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Might have to source the chain by itself.
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flame suit on.... after the whole alarm about issues 15 years ago, I have only been replacing the chain... of course, I rarely go above 3500rpm...
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BTT, getting a new cam, so I will check the cam oil alignement with the timing set, for the old cam and old gear and the new cam and the old gear and the new gear


adding more useful picts
OilingHoleFSJ.jpg
OilingHoleNotAlgined.jpg
you can see the nail to check the oiling hole alignment
OldOilingHole.jpg
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