06-09-2014, 10:34 AM
(06-09-2014, 06:08 AM)stevec Wrote: What's odd about a brass worm wheel (if that's what you mean by "drive gear")
Yes, worm wheel. Cost is higher than steel, most China imports use steel gears as they don't think of long lasting brass/steel meshing.
The 1968 Datsun L16 distributor used brass/steel..... by mid 1969 it was two steel gears. Cost reduction! (nothing new today!).
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