Big Block Gear Drive On A Slant?

Nothing's wrong with them, most all other engines use the floating idlers with gear drives. Some people don't like them because they do walk forward and backward if they aren't pinched in place by the timing cover. But they don't cause problems.


If they pinch in the timing cove they don't work. How would one pinch in a small block Chrysler or a Pontiac or Ford with a thick, cast cover?