Distributer drive gear roll pin
#1
Distributer drive gear roll pin
Guy's
I replaced a vacuum advance can on a HEI distributer this week. When I pushed out the roll pin I found it was broken in two. Glad I hadn't used that distributer yet. Where do I get a replacement pin? Can I just use a hardware store pin? Seems like a critical part to take short cuts on. I've looked at places like Summit and they all show a 3/16's pin. Mine seems to be a 1/8 pin. Is this normal? Are Olds somehow different than Chevy's? I even have an old Oldsmobile distributer I ground the teeth off of to use as a oil primer. It seems to have a 3/16 pin. Whats up with that?
use the distributer yet.
I replaced a vacuum advance can on a HEI distributer this week. When I pushed out the roll pin I found it was broken in two. Glad I hadn't used that distributer yet. Where do I get a replacement pin? Can I just use a hardware store pin? Seems like a critical part to take short cuts on. I've looked at places like Summit and they all show a 3/16's pin. Mine seems to be a 1/8 pin. Is this normal? Are Olds somehow different than Chevy's? I even have an old Oldsmobile distributer I ground the teeth off of to use as a oil primer. It seems to have a 3/16 pin. Whats up with that?
use the distributer yet.
#2
Guy's
I replaced a vacuum advance can on a HEI distributer this week. When I pushed out the roll pin I found it was broken in two. Glad I hadn't used that distributer yet. Where do I get a replacement pin? Can I just use a hardware store pin? Seems like a critical part to take short cuts on. I've looked at places like Summit and they all show a 3/16's pin. Mine seems to be a 1/8 pin. Is this normal? Are Olds somehow different than Chevy's? I even have an old Oldsmobile distributer I ground the teeth off of to use as a oil primer. It seems to have a 3/16 pin. Whats up with that?
use the distributer yet.
I replaced a vacuum advance can on a HEI distributer this week. When I pushed out the roll pin I found it was broken in two. Glad I hadn't used that distributer yet. Where do I get a replacement pin? Can I just use a hardware store pin? Seems like a critical part to take short cuts on. I've looked at places like Summit and they all show a 3/16's pin. Mine seems to be a 1/8 pin. Is this normal? Are Olds somehow different than Chevy's? I even have an old Oldsmobile distributer I ground the teeth off of to use as a oil primer. It seems to have a 3/16 pin. Whats up with that?
use the distributer yet.
#4
Thanks guy's. Off to the hardware store.
I didn't know about the dimple on the gear so I marked it with a sharpie before I took it apart. Interesting that it was 180 degrees off according to the dimple. The distributer body has "rebuilt" or "remanufactered" labeled on the side. I wonder if the "professional" rebuilder put it on backwards or if it has been apart since then.
Thanks for the input.
Cheers
I didn't know about the dimple on the gear so I marked it with a sharpie before I took it apart. Interesting that it was 180 degrees off according to the dimple. The distributer body has "rebuilt" or "remanufactered" labeled on the side. I wonder if the "professional" rebuilder put it on backwards or if it has been apart since then.
Thanks for the input.
Cheers
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