Intermediate Shaft Wear

Tell me about it, I’ve already bought a bronze gear a year and a half ago. It was $150 then now it’s $200. Add that with the $240 I blew a month ago on a melonized gear. I don’t wanna do it twice or replace a cam.
Yeah, and what about all that debris from the worn bronze gear getting into your engine? Ask me how I know. The "sacrificial" gear sacrificed my engine.