Distributor Gear

[mxpaz]

Ok Im putting MAF on my stock engine. What disributor gear do I need. I took the gear off my stock dizzy and found the shafts are dif size. Has anyone reamed the stock gear out to fit on the MAF dizzy?

 

[mtn_bronco]

You can ream it out to .531 (I think!!! Don't quote me) or I bought a bronze one to fit my 5.0 TFI distributor from summit, crane cams. <br><br>If you don't wan't to spend the money, I will check the dimensions when I go home, but I am sure someone will chime in first. <br><br>I was chicken that I would not get the gear right and I would have it bouncing around my engine till it ground to a catasrophic halt, but I am paranoid about my lack of mechanical abilities.<br><br>

 

[mxpaz]

I reamed it out using a lathe and I reamed it to .530. I should have went .531 its a little tight.

 

[INPHOBIC]

are you braggin again?<br>

 

[lars]

It's supposed to be a press fit. The roll pin is just a belt-and-suspenders kind of thing, in case it tries to turn a little. Don't see anything wrong with reaming it though. FWIW when I needed to put a new gear on my TFI dizzy, I didn't have a press so I just threw the gear in boiling water and the dizzy in the freezer. 10 minutes later I tried assembling it. The gear slid right on, I just held it in place till it cooled. Easy.

 

[mxpaz]

I got a gear from MSD for 12 bucks. While trying to beat mine on I broke it so that sucked real bad. The ones I had been looking at were like 50 bucks.

 

[joes75]

I got a brass gear for mine for like 40 bucks....

 

[Guest]

The right gear can be bought at any at any speed shop.

 

[astro-mike]

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The right gear can be bought at any at any speed shop.
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Yeah, you can get a Ford Motorsport gear for no more than you will pay for the junk bronze/brass things. I tried one of the bronze things, the piece of junk had noticeable wear after about 1,000 miles.

 

[mxpaz]

[quote author=SATAN link=board=5;threadid=7948;start=0#msg170112 date=1063560861]
The right gear can be bought at any at any speed shop.
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No shit- you fuckn retard. Dign up old post?