i cant get the distributor gear off to put the brass gear for a roller cam on..........

how do i do this?

 

Did you remove the roll pin that holds the gear on the shaft?

~M~

 

i tried to punch it out and drill it out

it wouldnt budge.......................

 

Gotta drive it out, otherwise the gear stays put.


~M~

 

Put it in a vice...."If you smack it...It will come"...

 

I use a center punch (fits perfect), and wack it a few times with a hammer. You can probably come up with a way to do it with a vice also.

Ron

 

ok cool

thanx guys

since i am a mechanic's apprentice, i will bring it with me to work tommorow, cause all my tools are there

i have punches there

i was using a screwdriver and a hammer

thanx!

 

Hope you didn't get to far with the drilling .....

 

i dont think i did.................darn thing is still 90% in there

 

well, i couldnt get it off with my punches because i didnt have the right size.........so i put it in a vise and used another mechanic's punch........it came right out

 

When the P/U coil went bad on me, I had no I dea how a distributor came apart, or even what it consisted of...5-7 kid shot me an e-mail telling me how to to change it. I couldn't believe how simple it was.
With help from the guys on this board, iv'e managed to save alot of $$$ by doing repairs and Mods myself.
Glad ya got it apart...make sure the seal on the shaft is good, when you replace the distributor..common place for an oil leak.