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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ossining, NY
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Acceptable wear on intermediate shaft gears?
Starting to assemble a 3.5L engine, and noticing some wear on intermediate shaft gears I didn’t notice on teardown. I’m hearing that new gears are not great quality, so wondering what is the threshold for replacement. I don’t see any wear at the root of the gears, but do see some on one side of one row of teeth. Similar on the other gear.
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It's a 914 ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ossining, NY
Posts: 4,693
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Weirdness posting pics, let’s try again.
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I'm no expert, but here are my gears for comparison. I decided to replace mine with genuine Porsche parts. And I was taught long ago, whether it's right or wrong, to replace chains and sprockets as a set no matter if it's a bicycle, motorcycle, timing chains, etc. So, I'm replacing the chains, intermediate shaft sprockets, and the camshaft sprockets for my build.
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It's a 914 ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ossining, NY
Posts: 4,693
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After examining the intermediate shaft and cam sprockets more closely today, I found wear in the U between the teeth, and some transition areas can just catch the tip a small screwdriver as I gently drag it over. Just ordered new sprockets.
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