<VV> Early vs. Late - issue of the superiority

[Mark Durham]

Sorry guys, no picture. All I remember is when I took the pan off in the
investigation phase (after the dismal compression check), there were no gear
teeth sticking out at the bottom, and there were a bunch of plastic chunks
of teeth that came down with the pan.  I went to my usual auto parts store
and got the necessary parts including a new cam with aluminum gear already
on it, and rebuilt the motor. They said Chevy had done a run of those
because they ran quieter, but they, the parts store, had had a lot of
business from Chevy owners, it wasn't just the Corvair.
This was a late 62 almost 63, so was assembled in mid 62, and I had this
happen in 1969 or 1970.
Mark Durham

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:43 PM, shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've only ever seen aluminum for the cam gear and steel for the crank gear.
> But all the pushrod Volvo motors ('75 and earlier) used a nylon gear on the
> camshaft. And they would break.
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com>
> >Sent: Sep 20, 2010 5:41 PM
> >To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> >Subject: Re: <VV> Early vs. Late - issue of the superiority
> >
> >When I was a mechanic in the mid 70s, I changed a lot of aluminum/nylon
> >gears on V8s, but never remember seeing on in a Corvair.
> >
> >dp
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> >[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of jvhroberts at aol.com
> >Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:32 PM
> >To: lechevrier at earthlink.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> >Subject: Re: <VV> Early vs. Late - issue of the superiority
> >
> >
> > Same here. Never saw anything but an all aluminum cam gear. Given the
> >substantially higher oil temps in a Corvair, I suspect that nylon would
> fail
> >QUICKLY!
> >
> >
> >
> >John Roberts
> >
> >
> >
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