1932 50 cam gears

[southpaw]

Have a 1932 Series 50 Model 57S. Only the cam gear is available, out of phenolic as the original was but without the metal hub. Using the new cam gear with the old crank and generator gears will accelerate the wear on the new cam gear. If there is enough interest I will have new 3 gear sets manufactured. Crank and generator gears to be steel, cam gears to be made of aluminum. The flat head Ford used aluminum cam gears in their truck motors and phenolic in the cars. The phenolic was supposed to be quieter but the trucks were not any louder as I remember.

 

 

[my31buick]

 My 5.9 cummins has all steel gears. Curious why  not all steel vs. the aluminum cam gear?

Edited April 13, 2016 by my31buick (see edit history)

[jscheib]

Southpaw,

 

Do you have any idea of the cost?

 

John

[southpaw]

my31buick you won't hear any gear noise with diesel. Thought aluminum would be somewhat quieter.

 

John, I won't know till I see how many requests I get. So if we can get all the 1931 thru 1935 Series 50 that need them they should be fairly reasonable.

 

 

 

[Pete Phillips]

I'd be interested in a set if the cost is reasonable.

Pete Phillips, BCA #7338

Leonard, TX

 

P.S.: "Southpaw", you probably ought to put a small classified ad in the Buick Bugle magazine to get more participants, as this forum only reaches a small percentage of BCA members.

Edited April 14, 2016 by Pete Phillips (see edit history)