Nice?Good deal?

[Keeper]

I kinda like it,when/if my stock points/pertonix lets go. Looks worth it to me??
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CADILLAC-472-500-PRO-SERIES-Small-Cap-Black-HEI-Distributor-Coil-Spark-Plug-Wire-/191789428878?hash=item2ca78a708e:g:HrsAAOSwKtlWoqeY&vxp=mtr#ht_7638wt_663

[classic cruiser]

Gear material STEEL??? WTF I would not touch that thing.

[Fins]

What should it be made of?   

[guidematic]

I'll stick with my "Big Cap" HEI.

Mike

[classic cruiser]

What should it be made of?  

Cast or malleable iron. The gear on a flat tappet cam is iron so a steel distributor gear would quickly wear it out.

[Keeper]

Bronze I think is what stock is.

[classic cruiser]

Some were but most were not.

[Fins]

Thanks CC. I learned something new today.   

[Keeper]

Thats the Coolest F-ing thing about these forums.I am just a driver,end user.Only a mechanic or plumber by nescessity.
I read through all the US Flags about the wires and all the polishing and stuff.Missed the gear.Only reason I know about the gear is cause I had to use a slide hammer to get a distro out once,destroyed it.When my car was almost assembled.I drove out that little pin and cleaned out and reassembled the whole thing.It has to move free and be perfect or forget it.
I wonder how difficult it would be to swap out that bottom gear.I like the housing and the way the wires go on the cap compared to my old stocker.And of course that big boy stock integrated coil is tough on the early setup as you all know.

[classic cruiser]

It is not hard to change the gear usually one tapered or roll pin holds it an iron gear will last almost forever a good bronze one a long time and a cheapo generic brass not long at all.

[Geoff]

Maybe it has an iron gear and the vendor just doesn't know any better.   

[classic cruiser]

This is likely.

[Denrep]

I get the theory...
but right now, strictly from memory of their appearance,   I have a hunch that the OE Cad gears are steel.  

One of these days we can get one in hand and give it at least a rudimentary test. 

[Russ]

I get the theory...
but right now, strictly from memory of their appearance,   I have a hunch that the OE Cad gears are steel.  

One of these days we can get one in hand and give it at least a rudimentary test. 

I have one on the shelf. Do I just take a magnet to it?

[Otto Skorzeny]

Magnet will stick to iron and steel but not brass or bronze or aluminum.  So, determining cast iron or steel will have to be done visually unless you own a mass spectrometer.

Cast iron is heavier than steel but without one of each you how do you know what they would weigh?