Bad timing - gear + Twilight on Twilight

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Bad timing - gear + Twilight on Twilight

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Bad timing gear. I guess there is never a good time. Is there ever any warning? Car was running great.

What do you do, replace Fiber with a Steel timing gear?

Are they too noisy?

Does the gear get quieter after running for a while?

Two in one month :( This time it's the Twilight Turquoise FB. 7ks out from Singleton yesterday afternoon.

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Twilight on twilight ....

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Cool pics Steve 8)
Sunny Tim is there any particular brand gear you like, I've seen a few on evilbay and wasn't sure of the quality?

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The ones on ebay are from SA as-well, I have one on my motor, not yet run :roll: , Trev 8) .
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Just goes to show Steve........ bad is not all bad.....there has been good come from it, awesome pics.....how can one man have sooooo much talent! (and so many nice cars!) :wink:
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I have put steel gears in every car I have owned after the experince of doing two timing gears in 6 months in my first car then trusting to luck on my second and having it let go on the way to Canberra in 1995 Ah memories.

yes they are a little whiney and I only change the cam gear not the crank gear. but I never have had a problem with them.

and yes you can change them without taking the camgear out of the car!
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Post by CHO576 »

seems to be a popular subject at the moment Steve ...

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8060

I'm trying to make the same decision for myself right now - but with all the bad news about Fibre gears cropping up, I'm now leaning towards a Steel gear.

Any ideas best place to get them (Steel) in Sydney? ...

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SunnyTim wrote:Steve. I did 3 gears in 1 year in 95, and have been running steel in all of my cars ever since. No timing gears in that time.......
They only seem to be noisy if you change the crankshaft gear with the one that comes with the set :shock:
I've have done 40,000 miles with just the top gear fitted, hasn't broken yet and is quiet.

On the FB, both gears were changed in the steel set by a mechanic. The engine sounds very noisy, almost like the noise is coming from the middle of the engine?

Bearing? or Timing gear? I haven't heard the engine myself as it is still down south.

Can anyone shed some light?

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Steve Jackson wrote:The engine sounds very noisy, almost like the noise is coming from the middle of the engine
the plot thickens ...

mate - be interested to hear what the outcome of this is ...
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My car did a timing gear at the week-end coming back from ballarat club run. Definetley wont use a fibre gear, ive ordered a steel one from reidy.
Does anyone know what type of puller i can use and where can i purchase one, the one i have is a cheapy from super cheap and wont work on the crank gear.
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Beb, don't change the Crank gear, only the Timing gear.

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Steve,

have you got the Twilight back? did you get to the bottom of the nosiy engine...

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Hi Stewart, The Twilight is back on the road. It was the Seagull with the noise after the timing gear was replaced. Not sure what the noise is, so we are going to pull the engine out and take a quick look. While we have the engine apart, we will ad new rings and bearings. It's all part of the fun :D
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Your on, what are you doing tomorrow?

Or don't you want to drive down an EK Hydra?
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OK lets do it. Your on the pay roll :) :) :)
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Re: Bad timing - gear + Twilight on Twilight

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Any results on what the engine noise was after the timing gear replacement.
I seem to have the same problem

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