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Re: History of plastic timing chain gears?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 1/19/2015

Hello,

I will go to my grave believing that the plastic timing gear was another example of planned obsolescence. There are countless examples of components on vehicle that have a predetermined life cycle. Otherwise, we would never buy new cars. Login to read more.