![]() 04/12/2017 at 17:44 • Filed to: Project Slow Devil, Jeep, EJS 2017 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Are the gear teeth made out of some kind of fabric/fiber, or is that just a weird finish on metal?
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Is it made out of compressed corncobs?
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It’s Micarta. Fiber plus resin.
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Layered cloth and phenol resin, to absorb shock and reduce noise. Dates back to the days of the Model T.
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Here’s a set for an Iron Duke - which was an engine in production up until ‘93...
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So Model Ts are made of corn. Got it.
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wow
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it’s a composite not metal on the outside.
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Squirt some Aunt Jemima on there and she’ll run nice and sweet
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I see he chose one made of repurposed burlap coffee sacks. Very on-trend.
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So the crank gear is all steel, huh? I bet that cam gear takes ALL the abuse, and therefore is the only one that needs replacement.
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Made out of similar materials, the crank gear would wear more than twice as fast as the cam gear - this way, not so much.
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*thinks for a moment, nods* It would, wouldn’t it? Yeah, that makes sense.
Any idea on life expectancy? I wonder if the new gear’s made to be more wear-resistant than the old one.
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heh, used car salesmen used to put pancake syrup in with oil to make engines quit leaking.... used to, whenever youd see a super clean, non leaking engine, it was not a bad idea to taste it for sweetness.......
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That would have to do with the hardness of the resin. It’s possible for a Micarta gear to run over a hundred thousand miles pretty easily - which in no possible way will equal remaining miles in the TracyJeep.
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It runs now!!