I've been waiting for the "experts" to comment on this, but no one has taken the bait so guess I will. In 18 years of DeLorean ownership and selling parts not once did I ever encounter plastic angle drive gears. I also checked with PNDC founder Arnie Brandon who has rebuilt more of them than anyone else I know, and he also said they all have metal gears. The problems with them include lack of lubrication, binding of cables, and overall poor design, but not plastic gears. Darryl T. still lurking.... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/