Shes alive an shes stayin alive!!

got a timing chain set from my dads friend to set up my cam an degree it,then pull it off,set my gear drive up to the cam

Huh? If you degree it with a timing chain, you can't pull the chain off and switch to the gear drive and expect the setting to hold. The whole point of degreeing is to establish a known reference between the cam and crankshaft. The top sprocket of the timing chain allows you to adjust the rotation of the cam a few degrees either direction. Your gear drive should allow the same adjustment, but you would have to through the degreeing process all over again.

Personally, I think you should set that gear drive on a shelf somewhere and forget about it. A good double roller timing chain is all you need. :thumrigh: