Spring in the distrib drive, Needed? Options

[jeffdon]

Have a feeling I did not install a spring between the Distrib, and the Distrib Pinion gear/drive. Do not see it in the Raby video, but its in the factory parts schematic. I am running an 050 (i think, its not an 009) mech. adv. distrib. Do I need to put the spring in?

[jeffdon]

allrighty, i can pull the dizzy up about half an inch. The rotor is spinning freely, so I am betting that its pulling out of the drive slot, and the pinion is staying put, hence, the washer should not be able to fall. I hope.

However, the dizzy seems to be binding beyond that. WTF? Any tricks to coerce it out of there?

[realred914]

allrighty, i can pull the dizzy up about half an inch. The rotor is spinning freely, so I am betting that its pulling out of the drive slot, and the pinion is staying put, hence, the washer should not be able to fall. I hope.

However, the dizzy seems to be binding beyond that. WTF? Any tricks to coerce it out of there?

give a good yank. also helps if the clamp for the dizzie is removed via the stud/nut on teh case, so the clamp pulls out with thte dizzie. if you try to pull th e dizzie thru the clamp it will hang up on the o-ring. so remove the clamp with the dizzie, shoudl yank right on out.

good luck

[jeffdon]

allrighty, i can pull the dizzy up about half an inch. The rotor is spinning freely, so I am betting that its pulling out of the drive slot, and the pinion is staying put, hence, the washer should not be able to fall. I hope.

However, the dizzy seems to be binding beyond that. WTF? Any tricks to coerce it out of there?

give a good yank. also helps if the clamp for the dizzie is removed via the stud/nut on teh case, so the clamp pulls out with thte dizzie. if you try to pull th e dizzie thru the clamp it will hang up on the o-ring. so remove the clamp with the dizzie, shoudl yank right on out.

good luck

got it, but the clamp was interfering with the tin, dammit, so it stayed on. Good news is the drive gear stayed in the case, so the washer stayed put. Now i am afraid to pull up the fear to re-index, lol. I KNOW how the diz is configured out of standard position, whats the harm in leaving it that way? I have no intention of passing the car onto anyone.

Can the gear be pulled just to the point where you can re-index it, but not far enough that the washer could drop off?

[ME733]

allrighty, i can pull the dizzy up about half an inch. The rotor is spinning freely, so I am betting that its pulling out of the drive slot, and the pinion is staying put, hence, the washer should not be able to fall. I hope.

However, the dizzy seems to be binding beyond that. WTF? Any tricks to coerce it out of there?

give a good yank. also helps if the clamp for the dizzie is removed via the stud/nut on teh case, so the clamp pulls out with thte dizzie. if you try to pull th e dizzie thru the clamp it will hang up on the o-ring. so remove the clamp with the dizzie, shoudl yank right on out.

good luck

got it, but the clamp was interfering with the tin, dammit, so it stayed on. Good news is the drive gear stayed in the case, so the washer stayed put. Now i am afraid to pull up the fear to re-index, lol. I KNOW how the diz is configured out of standard position, whats the harm in leaving it that way? I have no intention of passing the car onto anyone.

Can the gear be pulled just to the point where you can re-index it, but not far enough that the washer could drop off?

..................good question, I don't know.(but I doubt it).....I ALWAYS ..find TDC #1 cylinder, check distributor drive tang orentation...check distributor drive tang orentation...do a "dry run" for assembly (WITH OUT THE WASHER OR SPRING)...as... as the drive gears mesh it will rotate the distributor drive shaft ..ROTOR....which should wind up pointing to the nose of the crank shaft./or about 10-to 11 o'clock.....THEN AND only then do I grease up everything and assemble......