View Poll Results: Have your adjustable cam gears failed/slipped?
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Truth Squad Poll: Have your Evo's adjustable cam gears failed
Dec 1, 2005, 08:06 PM
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I was hoping to get more than 50 people to vote on this. Personally, if it is 90% all good, and 10% problems, I would say that 10 percent is a little too high of a risk factor. Lets get a few more vote before the poll closes and see where it finishes up at.
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Dec 1, 2005, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Smogrunner
I was hoping to get more than 50 people to vote on this. Personally, if it is 90% all good, and 10% problems, I would say that 10 percent is a little too high of a risk factor. Lets get a few more vote before the poll closes and see where it finishes up at.
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Dec 2, 2005, 12:07 AM
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If you're worried about slippage I'd just run a gear with more bolts. The HKS only has 3 so it's kind of iffy. The Helix, Vishnu, Fidanza all have five. Make sure you crank all five down you should be in good shape. I know a few guys with Helix gears with over 60k miles, no problem. To be extra safe, check the the gears everytime you change your oil. 
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Dec 2, 2005, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by robertrinaustin
I voted no for myself, but I was present when a fellow EVOm member finished test driving another member's car and the gears slipped and made an awful racket. The owner had just done some head work and thought something major was wrong. He was not very happy and thought the guy had done something crazy while out in his car. I won't mention any names, but we all laugh about it now.
Dec 2, 2005, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Nesiop
Trinibabe, please post what happened with yours, company etc. I am about to put Helix cams on mine.
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Dec 2, 2005, 05:39 PM
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i voted no, but I did have a problem with the belt jumping teeth... Not good, that started a huge controversy and name calling when the car quit running..... Anyway, that might have been related to the installation of the cams and cam gears.....
Dec 8, 2005, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by silverEVO8
i voted no, but I did have a problem with the belt jumping teeth... Not good, that started a huge controversy and name calling when the car quit running..... Anyway, that might have been related to the installation of the cams and cam gears.....
Dec 8, 2005, 07:58 PM
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Never had a problem, I have had many sets on many cars. I will say that you need to make sure to torque them and use locyite as soon as they come out of the box. I have run in to alot that arent torqued from the factory