Pete Jackson gear drive installation. Help!
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Melting Slicks
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Pete Jackson gear drive installation. Help!
OK, I recently bought a 383 shortblock that already had a PJ gear drive installed. While switching cams I took the gear drive out and now forgot exacly how it goes back in. Ok, so there are the two idler gears, ones smaller in diameter and another is slightly larger. Which way do the idler gears install? If your facing the front of the engine does the bigger "power" driven gear install on the left or right? Also, I don't know what to call it but there are the two "dowel pins" that the gears ride on, one has a cone shape to it the other is flat. does the cone shaped part face toward the inside of the block or the outside? I'm confused. Thanks for the help!
[Modified by NUckINg FuTS, 11:49 AM 8/23/2003]
[Modified by NUckINg FuTS, 11:49 AM 8/23/2003]
Pro
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From: Renton Wa
Re: Pete Jackson gear drive installation. Help! (WashingtonRacer)
as for the cone side, You got me there, I am not too sure anymore, I would sugest calling Summit, They should either A: know off the top of their head, or B: be able to get the directions and read them to you.
Racer
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From: Prineville Oregon
Re: Pete Jackson gear drive installation. Help! (NUckINg FuTS)
As I remember it (I installed mine about 3 years ago...) the "cone" points towards the block. The cone is what holds the gear in the correct alignment as the rotation of the gear-drive would force the gears towards the block. The directions tell you to grind off small increments of the cone untill you have the gear-drive in the correct alignment.
Deen
P.S. If you can't find directions I may be able to find mine if they are still in my shop...I tend to save directions/instructions on all my speed equipment :thumbs:
Deen
P.S. If you can't find directions I may be able to find mine if they are still in my shop...I tend to save directions/instructions on all my speed equipment :thumbs:
Drifting
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From: Goulburn, Australia NSW
Re: Pete Jackson gear drive installation. Help! (NUckINg FuTS)
The cone shape goes towards the block and should be ground off to gain a .015-.060" clearance.
"If you need help installing the gear drive or have a problem, please call Pete Jackson Gear Drives at (323) 849-2622, not the dealer you bought it from"
"If you need help installing the gear drive or have a problem, please call Pete Jackson Gear Drives at (323) 849-2622, not the dealer you bought it from"
