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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Distributor gear roll pin is bothering me
« on: May 09, 2020, 05:47:44 PM »
Hi guys
As most of you know I have a distributor spud in my mustang that Jay made up for me.
It works great.
What’s bothering me is the fit of the steel gear I have installed. This is a stock size distributor shaft so to me cross drilling out of the question. Well bless Cranes little heart they have a gear (PN 34970-1) that is drilled at two depths. One of the depths is perfect to put the gear at the correct measurement on the shaft. Fantastic.
What’s nagging me is the the holes did not fit sideways. One hole was off a little. So I drilled a bit of the shaft out to enable the pin to pass through. I’m thinking that the void left will be enough to maybe snap the pin.
I could remedy the problem by going to a larger diameter pin, like .156 or .187.
Wuchya’ll think?
As most of you know I have a distributor spud in my mustang that Jay made up for me.
It works great.
What’s bothering me is the fit of the steel gear I have installed. This is a stock size distributor shaft so to me cross drilling out of the question. Well bless Cranes little heart they have a gear (PN 34970-1) that is drilled at two depths. One of the depths is perfect to put the gear at the correct measurement on the shaft. Fantastic.
What’s nagging me is the the holes did not fit sideways. One hole was off a little. So I drilled a bit of the shaft out to enable the pin to pass through. I’m thinking that the void left will be enough to maybe snap the pin.
I could remedy the problem by going to a larger diameter pin, like .156 or .187.
Wuchya’ll think?