[V8] Distributor rotors

[Coleman, David]

man, mine came off in little tiny shards, and stuck to the shaft.  Maybe they were OE glue-on replacements.

Good point Steve, re: no set screws.  As I am now reminded, I too had to dig up useable screws and also loc-tited them.   I haven't yet come across glue-on replacements, but would recommend them over screw-ons if given the choice.

-dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
> Of Buchholz, Steven
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 12:28 PM
> To: 'v8 at audifans.com'
> Subject: RE: [V8] Distributor rotors
> 
> 
> ... I'm pretty sure the factory used the glue on exclusively 
> ... I've seen
> quite a few V8 dizzys, and the only ones that had the set 
> screw rotors were
> the ones I installed.  It sounds as though you too have the 
> set screw type
> ... but in general I recommend *against* them.  The 
> registration boss on the
> rotor does not index positively into the distributor shaft 
> ... i.e. you will
> get maybe 20 degrees of rotation until you tighten down the 
> screw.  I also
> found the rotors did not come with set screw ... I had to 
> scramble to Home
> Depot to get them ... that was the cheapest tab I've ever had 
> there though.
> When I saw the amount the rotor could spin if the set screw 
> came loose I
> used blue Loctite on the set screw ... some of that 
> apparently got into the
> shaft area as I've had a devil of a time getting those rotors off!
> 
> As far as removing the old rotors, I've had great luck with 
> using a large
> pair of Vise Grips to apply just enough force to crack the 
> old rotor ... at
> that point it came off very cleanly ... 
> 
> Steve B
> San Jose, Kaleefohnia (USA)
> > 
> > I know this has been discussed before but I couldn't find an 
> > answer via the 
> > search. I have what appears to be push/glue on rotors on both 
> > distributors at 
> > the moment (I haven't removed the right one yet) and I just 
> > got a couple new 
> > ones only to find that they are both the set screw type. Can 
> > I use them on both 
> > distributors? Do I need to have the set screw? I'm sure I can 
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