I did speak with Dave Hagenbush at TRF (Hello back to Bill B.) about the cam
timing gear. He assures me that current TRF stock is a 'timeable' gear.
Simply follow the Factory Workshop Manual instructions.
While he didn't directly say they had 'untimeable' gears in the past, he did
say that there were no issues with gears sold by TRF in the past 4-5 years.
He also said that Email is received off-site and manually processed, perhaps
mine was lost in the shuffle. I suggested that many of us don't have time to
try to get through on the constantly busy tech line and Email might be a
good way to communicate.
Here I thought I had an Ebay gold mine with my box full of used timing
gears...oh, well...
Cheers,
Brad
65 TR4A - Engine Under Construction!
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
N197TR4@cs.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:12 AM
To: BRITPAC@aol.com; rjl6n@cstone.net
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Cam Timing Gear Question TR 4 Cyl Engine
After buying a new one for the first race engine, I used what looked to be a
good used one for my new engine.
I suspect the material properties are not as good on the current production
gears, as well.
Joe (A)
<< I had purchased a back up spare for Scrappy from Moss a few months ago.
Not
only are the holes 'straight up', but the teeth are not as wide, making me
think the chain will ride in a different place (like looser).
Most vehicles did not come with the ability to dial in cam timing, so I'm
sure it's not perceived as being necessary.
Steve Hedke
1957 TR3
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