850 odometer gear quality

Post by **alschnertz** » 31 Mar 2012, 10:12

I'm going to fix the odometer on our '95 854T.
I read the great write-up and thank you all for the advice.

My question though is about the quality of the replacement gears.
I'm desperate to save some money so I was going to buy a gear off eBay. But I'm usually skeptical about items on eBay.
I saw a few different gears - white, black (made of "delrin plastic?), brass etc.
They're all around the same price. Is one better than another?

Thanks.

dbeckwith · Post by **dbeckwith** » 31 Mar 2012, 10:18

I am not sure about the quality of one over the other but one thing I will say is replace both gears together. I had occasion to change one that was stripped on mine. Thinking I would save money and only change one I put it all back together only to have the other gear strip in less than a mile

. Unless you like pulling the dash do it right and change both

Post by **matthew1** » 31 Mar 2012, 12:16

I know the guy who makes them for my sponsors. At least they stocked his last time I checked. They're quality parts made in the US.

Call my sponsors and ask if the gears they sell are made in the US. If they are, it's his work.

Post by **rspi** » 31 Mar 2012, 12:36

Both gears? When i purchased a gear from iPd or FCP, only one was offered for sale. Didn't know about "changing both"?

dbeckwith · Post by **dbeckwith** » 31 Mar 2012, 12:43

I can't remember for sure but when I purchased mine they were identified by the number of teeth. Of course I had only ordered one(the small one) because I was led to believe this is the one that fails. As stated in previous thread I found out that is not always the case. Consequently I had to order the second gear. I want to say I ordered them from Swedishcarparts.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 31 Mar 2012, 17:02

I buy all of mine from Jeff Caplan at www.odometergears.com . He may actually supply the gears for IPD and FCP but I am not sure.

I have yet to have one fail. I have been tempted to buy just the small gear but on all three of the cars that I have changed them out on the large gear, while intact, was kinda mushy and I doubt it would have lasted very long.

...Lee

Post by **erikv11** » 31 Mar 2012, 18:54

I also changed both gears, and bought them from odometergears.com. I don't like taking off the dash cover, like to minimize the number of times that is done.

Post by **alschnertz** » 02 Apr 2012, 15:47

Thanks for the input.
I am going to roll the dice and purchase just the one 15 tooth gear.

Perhaps I will end up removing the dash twice, but I'm willing to take the gamble to save a few bucks.
It sounds like others have been successful with just the small gear.
I'll be careful, but yes, it will be on my mind whether I should have changed both. At least that would not be a catastrophic failure. We'll see...