<VV> Aluminum vs fiber(nylon) timing gear

[Frank DuVal]

I have the same experience as Dennis, never seen a nylon or fiber cam 
gear on a Corvair engine. I have seen the fiber on the straight sixes 
(194, 230, 250, 292) and nylon tipped teeth on Chevy V-8s ( 283, 327, etc.).

But no, a nylon tipped tooth ( never seen a complete nylon tooth timing 
gear anywhere either) timing gear on a Corvair engine would be a 
conversation piece. You should have kept it!

Frank DuVal

No all you people that have seen them can chime in now ggg

Mark Durham wrote:

>Really? This was a stock one owner car with only 44K on it and had never
>been apart. The owner who bought it new drove it until the valves gave out
>and I bought it off the back lot of the dealer where he bought a new car.
>Hmmm, there is a story there somewhere!
>Mark Durham
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>On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com> wrote:
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>>If it had an Nylon gear on an Aluminum hub it was after market.  The
>>originals were all Aluminum.  They do fail now and then.
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>>dp
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>>[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Mark Durham
>>Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 9:10 PM
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>>I bought my 62 coupe with 44K miles on it in 1967 and it had burnt valves.
>>There was an issue with valves early on, so I did the heads in high school
>>shop (at age 17) replacing the valves and ringed it. It was 90K miles later
>>(at 134K total) where a broken cam gear (Nylon gear on aluminum hub) left
>>me
>>stranded. I did a complete overhaul, but even then just honed the barrels,
>>ringed it and replaced pistons, did a valve job, cam, lifters, and
>>bearings.
>>I sold it 90K later in 1974 and it still was running great.
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>>Mark Durham
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