Big Block Gear Drive On A Slant?

RustyRatRod said

Everything I've read so far says the idler gears are not supposed to be pinched, but there's supposed to be space so that they float. It won't be difficult to make that happen if the cover comes down tight on the idlers, but I am pretty sure it will not.

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Yes, they have to float to work. I wish you could see one on an engine that's already assembled. All you have to do is watch the degree wheel and see how far the crank will move in either direction without moving the cam. I'd bet everything jpar has (and some stuff he probably doesn't) that it will be a minimum of 7 degrees. If it does that on the stand, it will damn sure do it in operation. And it does.

Also, some of them are noisy. A good gear drive, like the Milodon I have makes ZERO noise. Most people don't know I even have it.