[DeTomaso] Gear drive (was RE: Radical fuel economy improvement)

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

To me it looks like the smaller gear isn't even making contact with the cam
gear in that pic. This has nothing to do with timing precision which relies
on the other gear only it seems.

Tomas

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Sent: den 24 december 2010 18:47
To: guson at home.se; asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Gear drive (was RE:  Radical fuel economy
improvement)


In a message dated 12/24/10 1 28 28, guson at home.se writes:


> It looks like the "dogbone" part rattles around quite a bit when the
> engine
> is not turning. The larger intermediate wheel is just pushed into the
> cam/crank wheels by the engine rotation? Just curious.
>

It's not 'rattling loose'.   It's a very precision fit, and it slides in
between the upper and lower gears just so.   There is much less slop than
there is with a typical timing chain, even a new timing chain.

Mike
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