distributor gear wear...

[xjs3667]

I found one my old HEI dizzies in the back of the garage today... guna put it on a sbc that im building..... the distributor gear is worn to hell, teeth are razor sharp    as I remember the hold down loosened up on it....but anyways, im looking at replacement gears online and come across the bronze gear.... has anyone ran one these?? I never heard of em before and would think that they would wear faster being a softer metal?  It's got a steel one on there now and i planned on put a new steel one on but just wonder what the pros and cons to the bronze ones are?  thanks

[4x4xdodgeman]

bronze gears are not for standerd cams. thay are for billet cams ( real roller cams) bronze is soft.

[Jjay78]

the bronze is for radical cams or super high end race cams so that if something goes wrong the dizzy gear gets teh damage and not the cam, i would NOT use bronze in the mud or on the street.... wayyy to soft

[xjs3667]

ok guys thanks  thats what i was thinking about how soft they are.... even just normal wear and tear on the motor I would think would wear the hell outta them.......looks like the good old steel gear going back on    I was guna run it steel gear anyway... its cheaper    but just wanted to edumecate myself a little better

[betterbeaters]

the bronze is for radical cams or super high end race cams so that if something goes wrong the dizzy gear gets teh damage and not the cam, i would NOT use bronze in the mud or on the street.... wayyy to soft

they are fine in the mud got 3 years on one looked new still and got 2 more on the other one run in boggers only and my dad has one in his street car 8 years still fine.. 

[Jjay78]

the bronze is for radical cams or super high end race cams so that if something goes wrong the dizzy gear gets teh damage and not the cam, i would NOT use bronze in the mud or on the street.... wayyy to soft

they are fine in the mud got 3 years on one looked new still and got 2 more on the other one run in boggers only and my dad has one in his street car 8 years still fine.. 

we've never had brass last longer than 3 or 4 runs without wearing enough for noticable timing loss

[Mudbuster]

the bronze is for radical cams or super high end race cams so that if something goes wrong the dizzy gear gets teh damage and not the cam, i would NOT use bronze in the mud or on the street.... wayyy to soft

they are fine in the mud got 3 years on one looked new still and got 2 more on the other one run in boggers only and my dad has one in his street car 8 years still fine.. 

we've never had brass last longer than 3 or 4 runs without wearing enough for noticable timing loss

then your doing something wrong mine has a bronze gear with billet cam and got 5 years on it.......

[betterbeaters]

jjay78 you need to have your intake checked.... if your killing them that fast then something was milled wrong or something, and you may wanna check it out before it causes  issues..

[xjs3667]

jjay78 you need to have your intake checked.... if your killing them that fast then something was milled wrong or something, and you may wanna check it out before it causes  issues..

I would definitely be afraid of all those metal shavings in there

[Jjay78]

jjay78 you need to have your intake checked.... if your killing them that fast then something was milled wrong or something, and you may wanna check it out before it causes  issues..

we swaped out to steel and no more issues

[betterbeaters]

jjay78 you need to have your intake checked.... if your killing them that fast then something was milled wrong or something, and you may wanna check it out before it causes  issues..

we swaped out to steel and no more issues

I would still look into it I bet the steel one is not right anymore or the cam gear is hurt.. 

[4x4xdodgeman]

some of the cheaper makers of  roller cams are not billet cams thay are casted cam.