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Originally Posted by rob love
When you say "distributor shaft" I take it you are talking about an 8BA engine with the distributor up top? Seems like it would take a lot of force to bend the shaft on either a crab or a divers helmet distributor mounted on the front of the engine.
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No, this is a divers helmet distributor. And it doesn't take much force at all to bend it when all the parts are stripped off. I chucked the small end in a lathe and measured 0.060" runout at the journal on the other end. It only took a few taps with a soft hammer to get it straight to within 0.002". It's pretty spindly in the middle as you can see but I was surprised how easy it was to straighten. I cleaned the shaft up thinking maybe it was cracked but I couldn't see any.
Some rough handling would have bent it easily.
I bet the last person to set the points must have struggled.
Malcolm
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18-03-16, 02:29
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