Hello,
A couple of months ago I dropped my oil pan to check the
crank thrust washers. While cleaning the pan, I found
a funny little bit of metal about 1/8" in size, that looked
like a fragment of a hollow cylinder originally the size of a pencil
eraser. I had no idea what it was doing there.
Today, it suddenly dawned on me what it was: it was a fragment of
one of the little rollers of the timing chain.
I quickly pulled the chain out (1/2 hour total work) and indeed
found that one link was missing its little roller.
I installed this chain (a generic aftermarket model) about 10 years ago,
and 14000 miles ago. I have no idea how long ago the link actually broke,
but I had the chain off about a year ago when I changed the cam, and I
think I would have noticed it then.
Does any one have any well-founded opinion on the merits of aftermarket vs.
OEM chains, or maybe a double-row setup?
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
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