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Jun 3, 2006 | 05:09 PM

Mtrhd329

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Distributor Play

Anyone know how to solve the problem of a distributor that will rock back and forth about 15-20 degrees? Its like it isnt tight but i know it is. I have heard about putting some washers between the dist and intake manifold? is this a good fix?

Jun 3, 2006 | 06:21 PM

mseven

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Anyone know how to solve the problem of a distributor that will rock back and forth about 15-20 degrees? Its like it isnt tight but i know it is. I have heard about putting some washers between the dist and intake manifold? is this a good fix?

I have never heard of that, nor would I attempt to alter the allignment between the cam gear and distributer gear. Shimming the end play in the distributer is a good idea. Distributer shims can be purchased through summit etc. I would also inspect the gear for wear, bearings, and straightness of the shaft itself.

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Jun 3, 2006 | 06:28 PM

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,,the dist. can sit to low in the block but i don't know if it will make that much difference

Jun 3, 2006 | 08:10 PM

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Anyone know how to solve the problem of a distributor that will rock back and forth about 15-20 degrees?

The distributor moves? What, exactly do you mean by "rock back and forth"? Does the distributor rotate? Jump up and down? I can't picture "rocking". How do you detect the "15-20 degrees", which one heck of a lot?

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Jun 3, 2006 | 11:34 PM

AKS Racing

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Do a search for a thread called "15° Retarded". This is discussed in that thread a few weeks ago.

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Jun 4, 2006 | 09:35 AM

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15° Retarded

This thread and the one about the worn distributer gear
are both of interest to owners of cars with a number of
years/ miles on them.

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Jun 4, 2006 | 09:44 PM

Mtrhd329

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Thanks for the inputs guys...

I was able to move the rotor back and forth by hand about the distance of one post on the distributor. From what the other posts said i need to shim the gear i guess. Are there instructions with the shim kit. I have replaced and removed many distributors but have never taken any apart or shimmed them. how do i measure for sure how much play i have?

Jun 4, 2006 | 11:01 PM

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No instructions with kit. Use feeler guages to determine the amount of gap that need to be removed, then use shims to remove that amount. A quite simple project that is cheap.
Aaron