[200q20v] Re: Dist. Gear. was Bernie's "fix"

[Sean Upchurch]

The gear on my 10v turbo dist is metal.  Not sure if it was OE or not.
Can't remember if I replaced it.


Sean Upchurch
87 4ktq
91 200 20v
Bellevue, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: 200q20v-admin at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Derek Pulvino
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:00 AM
To: b.m.benz at prodigy.net; Alan.Cordeiro at mts.com
Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [200q20v] Re: Dist. Gear. was Bernie's "fix"

Sounds like you've got some headway on me here.  Didn't get a chance to talk
to Seattle Gear Works yesterday, but if you've got somebody that will
willingly manufacture one of these gears, I'd go there.  It's not worth
twisting somebodies arm to get it done.

Sounds like the dist. gp has gone through as well.  Too bad there, seems
like a real wasteful way to alleviate the plastic gear problem.

Bernie, instead of sending one of your distributors, why don't we see if we
can get Kevin to send over my old distributor?  Reliability might come into
play here but worth a shot.

Also, had somebody ask about a gear for his 10v turbo.  To my knowledge
that's not an issue, and I'm guessing the distributors on that car already
has a metal gear.  Any comments?

Derek P

>From: Bernie Benz <b.m.benz at prodigy.net>
>To: "Cordeiro, Alan" <Alan.Cordeiro at mts.com>
>CC: Derek Pulvino <dbpulvino at hotmail.com>,   200q20V mailing list
><200q20v at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [200q20v] Re: Dist. Gear. was Bernie's "fix"
>Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:08:20 -0800
>
>Alan, I love stupid humor.  Keep it up, I'll play straight man.
>
>Re:  Dist. drive gear.
>
>I can furnish a sample of the dist with plastic gear.  If someone else does
>not volenteer a spare intake cam with gear, I will be able to do so soon,
>when I take the cover off of the 7A for my 3Bing project.
>
>As to materials, tell him to use any free machining steel that he likes to
>work with.  No post hardning necessary, as it is a very low load
>application.  Just needs to be a good fit, small back lash.  I'll forward
>my
>gear specs to you, in case that you did not see them.
>
>Where are you located?
>
>Bernie
>
> > From: "Cordeiro, Alan" <Alan.Cordeiro at mts.com>
> > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:02:49 -0600
> > To: "'rberlin at feltonberlin.com'" <rberlin at feltonberlin.com>
> > Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
> > Subject: [200q20v] Bernie's "fix" and possibly a new metal distributor
>gear
> >
> > Sorry for that off the wall comment Bernie, it was just that
> > Allen Swett's comment triggered the "stupid humor" in me.
> >
> > On another subject, I talked to my friend who owns a gear manufacturing
> > machine shop, and he feels that he can do the distributor gear for
>$32-38
> > in a 50 piece quantity.
> >
> > Originally he thought of 1060 steel with a carburizing post process,
> > suggesting
> > that such a gear would be bulletproof. I argued that we just wanted
> > something
> > substantially more rugged than the nylon gear presently in use.
> >
> > He decided to use gear quality bronze (or bronze-aluminum alloy) save
> > the second case hardening step.... reduce the cost. Even this will long
> > outlast the nylon. He needs a gear sample to take all his measurements,
> > and if possible, a camshaft to look at the other side, to verify his
> > measurements.
> >
> > I told him I would run it by the group.
> >
> > Let me know how many of you would be interested in having someone
> > build a metal replacement gear. The complete distributor is a
> > safer solution, less hassle, but this is a bit cheaper.
> >
> > Alan
> >
>


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