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Hardened Aux staft with stock gear

Hey guys, I want to get my '88TC goin this weekend and it needs a dizzy.  It has a hardened aux shaft and the dizzy on there has a brass gear.  Would a stock gear work?

Nick

Hardened Aux staft with stock gear

Reply #1
Not sure what you're actually asking....
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Hardened Aux staft with stock gear

Reply #2
Can I stick a stock distributor in an engine with a hardened intermediate shaft and have no problems?  The current distributor has a bronze gear, the one I want to put in does not (it's an OEM unit).

Nick


 

Hardened Aux staft with stock gear

Reply #4
The hardened shaft gear will eat the stock cast iron unit. It will also eat the bronze gear, but it will last 25-30K mi. You may get 6-8K mi out of the cast gear... All assumes a reasonable oil pressure(no more than about 60 psi), higher pressures will speed the wear...