up and down play in dist shaft...
Melting Slicks
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Re: up and down play in dist shaft... (corvette90)
Maybe your "C-bar" has worked loose, see if you can tighten those 4 bolts, the ones on top are alittle tricky, try using a stuby open end????
Melting Slicks
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Re: up and down play in dist shaft... (corvette90)
Sorry, that's a nickname for it. It's the torque bar that connects the rear of the tranny to the front of the differential.
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Burning Brakes
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Re: up and down play in dist shaft... (edsalinas)
oh..i think i have to clear something...
i dont mean something related to the c-beam, i meant, the electronic distributor, ignition...
i have my distributor out and noticed an up and down play in the distributor drive shaft...
that was what i meant :cheers: :)
i dont mean something related to the c-beam, i meant, the electronic distributor, ignition...
i have my distributor out and noticed an up and down play in the distributor drive shaft...
that was what i meant :cheers: :)
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From: The Top of Utah
Re: up and down play in dist shaft... (corvette90)
as topic says, is it normal, to have about .050 up and down play in the dist shaft??
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Re: up and down play in dist shaft... (corvette90)
Yes its is perfectly normal. I have seen as much as .090 in the HEI distributors and about the same in the old points distributors. I have been rebuilding some older GM points distributors and modifying them with the Pertronix electronic ignition conversion kits. When those kits are installed I have to shim the end play out of the shaft for the kits to work properly.