[Ray R]

The best way to tell if your gears are wearing is to pull the distributor and look. Probably the second best way is to check the timing. If the timing is changing, you're probably wearing the gears.

I don't think that cam/distributor gear wear is an issue on these engines....as long as you start with the right combination. Bronze gears just wear faster. It's the nature of the metal. Usually, bronze is for race engines, and they get replaced often. Sure, stock combinations go forever. But stock engines generally don't have hardened cast iron roller rocker camshafts. We're animals. We upgrade. It's our nature.

If you have the comp cams hydraulic roller with a steel gear, I'm betting you'll be fine for a long time....

Happy motoring!