But if I order a new chain and set and the dizzy comes with a new gear.... which do I use??Nikkormat wrote:The gears have to remain as a matched set. Use the gear from your old distributor.
OK I'm confused.tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:But if I order a new chain and set and the dizzy comes with a new gear.... which do I use??Nikkormat wrote:The gears have to remain as a matched set. Use the gear from your old distributor.
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Haha... so am I!Nikkormat wrote:OK I'm confused.tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:But if I order a new chain and set and the dizzy comes with a new gear.... which do I use??Nikkormat wrote:The gears have to remain as a matched set. Use the gear from your old distributor.
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Use the new timing chain, crank, and cam sprockets.
Then there's a seperate gear for the distributor. One mounted to the cam and one mounted to the distributor itself. Those gears should be kept as a matched set.
So, there is a distributor gear on the cam. It is "mated" or "worn in" to match the gear mounted to the distributor. They need to remain together as a set.tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:Haha... so am I!Nikkormat wrote:OK I'm confused.tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:
But if I order a new chain and set and the dizzy comes with a new gear.... which do I use??
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Use the new timing chain, crank, and cam sprockets.
Then there's a seperate gear for the distributor. One mounted to the cam and one mounted to the distributor itself. Those gears should be kept as a matched set.
This is what I want to replace:
Wasn't planning to touch the cam gear that drives the dizzy. Unless... as it seems your saying, the replacement dizzy which comes with the FI needs to use my old dizzy drive gear instead of the one it will come with??
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Gotcha. That's kinda what I thought you meant to say. Thanks for that.Nikkormat wrote:So, there is a distributor gear on the cam. It is "mated" or "worn in" to match the gear mounted to the distributor. They need to remain together as a set.tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:Haha... so am I!Nikkormat wrote:
OK I'm confused.
Use the new timing chain, crank, and cam sprockets.
Then there's a seperate gear for the distributor. One mounted to the cam and one mounted to the distributor itself. Those gears should be kept as a matched set.
This is what I want to replace:
Wasn't planning to touch the cam gear that drives the dizzy. Unless... as it seems your saying, the replacement dizzy which comes with the FI needs to use my old dizzy drive gear instead of the one it will come with??
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Your Hamilton dizzy will come with a new gear on it, swap your old distributor gear on instead to keep the mated pair together.
Interesting slot length, I am no expert, just trolling thru the various sites to understand and share the issues - the chamfer still evades me- For years I replaced timing set sold by the local chain parts place. The last 2 sets, I reused the gears and only replaced the chain...tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:
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Wouldn't it be cool if someone could cast the timing cover out of clear ABS plastic so we could see what is going on. Kinda like the Visible V8 models of days gone by.letank wrote:Interesting slot length, I am no expert, just trolling thru the various sites to understand and share the issues - the chamfer still evades me- For years I replaced timing set sold by the local chain parts place. The last 2 sets, I reused the gears and only replaced the chain...tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:
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I need to find the posting done by somebody that sacrificed a timing cover to visualize the oil spray pattern on the chain and distributor gears.