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[akellym]

So I had a professional do the work on my crank shaft. I have spent the last three weeks assembling my motor. Today I install the drive for the distributor and what do you think happend? For some "unknown" reason it wouldn't seat unless you spin the motor backwards. So I call the "professional" and ask him what my troubles might be. I get the, "I don't know I put the gear back on the same way it came off."

My thought is that he put the "gear" on backwards! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) Am I wrong? Please lend me your thoughts!

[type11969]

Have you installed the flywheel and endplay shims yet? If not I believe the crank has enough fore and aft play that the distributor drive gear won't seat while spinning the crank in the normal direction. In fact, you can really screw up the dist. gear if you try to hard to spin the engine in the normal direction. I think it is something like the involute gear of the cam drives the crank forward without the flywheel in, and if you put the dist drive in, it stops the movement, but makes the dist gear "fight" the cam gear. That brass gear won't win. Put the dist drive in last once the endplay is setup.