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thomasj6604
 Post subject: METAL or NYLON?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:47 pm 
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Is the factory nylon ditributor gear a weak link? Is steel or bronze available? Pro's and con's of each. THANKS.
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The factory nylon pinion is not a weak link at all. They routinely last for decades. Metal pinions are out there (costly) if for some reason you've gotta have one.

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Remember, on a V8, the distributor gear also drives the oil pump. On a slant six, it doesn't have to spin anything besides the distributor as the oil pump runs on a separate gear.

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I broke the nylon gear once when I took the distributor out for the first time. It went bad anyway so no loss on my part.
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I broke a few of them before I realized the distributor was broken too.

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