I,m so mad I can't even think straight!!! My truck ate the dizzy drive gears last month after I installed a HEI dizzy. Well lesson learned, transfer the gear form your old dis. to new dis.. Well last weekend I tore the motor down and installed a new set from Bulltear. My motor only has about 8000 miles on it, so I even pulled the pan to get all the metal out. This morning, I loaded my truck to go to the dump, and it crapped out a mile from the house. I pulled the distributor, and the Bulltear gear set is chewed up!!!! I drive the truck about 30 miles and it was running great. I got in it, stopped to put fuel it, and when I started at the gas station, it started running ruff when I pulled out onto the highway. I know it had done it again. I was only a 1/2 mile from the house, so my wife pulled me back to the house with her Cherokee. Has anyone had a set of Bulltear gears fail???
Bulltear distributor gear set problem.
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That really stinks. Are you sure you had the distributor gears seated all the way into the oil pump gear? If so, it might be worth tearing apart the front end to check that gear and see what could be going on in there.Justin
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Ouch. I'm sure they will replace it, but as I mentioned, check that oil pump gear. If that bolt has come loose it could be causing the damage to the new one. If you chew up another one I would say that the gear isn't the problem. Hopefully they will just send you a new one.Justin
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you may something else going on in there with the gears taking the toll.Originally posted by HankrodRistows right.................again,
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Originally posted by The ColonelIs the new HEI the only thing you had changed? Did you install new timing chain set or anything before this started happening?
I only changed the distributor. The motor only has about 8000 miles on it. I thought getting rid of the points dis. would help performance. I use the truck hard when I use it, pulling tractors, hay balers, and car trailer. I built it about 3 1/2 years ago and have not turned a screw on the motor until now.
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The HEI distributor may be out of spec. Measure it against a factory distributor to make sure it's right.Try out my gear ratio calculator
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Originally posted by derfThe HEI distributor may be out of spec. Measure it against a factory distributor to make sure it's right.
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Did you pack it in assy. lube when you installed it? Postitive you have it installed the correct way? Did it have any oil on it or was it dry after removing again? Was the dizzy tightned up good? It wasnt BullTears gears problem so much as your motor having an issue. Id swap back to the old dizzy after replacing the gears again.84 Grand Wagoneer
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Could be a number of issues as others have noted.
The set is the cam gear and distributor gear.
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When you rebuilt the motor, did you put a new timing chain and gears in? If so, did the top gear have the hole in it so that the cam/distributer gear gets oiled?
I say this because there is a known issue with some timing sets not having that oiling hole. And the result is exactly what you describe here.
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Originally posted by StukaWhen you rebuilt the motor, did you put a new timing chain and gears in? If so, did the top gear have the hole in it so that the cam/distributer gear gets oiled?
I say this because there is a known issue with some timing sets not having that oiling hole. And the result is exactly what you describe here.Jeff
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