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I'm pretty sure you have to remove the bushing from the bottom, but there
may be a chance to remove from the topside with an inside bearing
puller/slide hammer. Do not drop the little woodruff key into the engine.
On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 9:40 AM Robert Lang via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
wrote:
> Hi - if the bushing is worn, it needs to be replaced. I would not run the
> gear with a thin shim under it, the shim will not last. I just looked at
> Moss and they have that distributor bushing listed for $75 plus or minus.
>
> If you have slop with that distributor drive, you will never get the
> ignition timing to be rock solid.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Lang
>
> On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 12:36:30 AM EDT, timmmurphh--- via Fot <
> fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> On page 1.130 and 1.131 of the Workshop Manual it describes the procedure
> for obtaining the correct clearance or float for the distributor gear
> driven by the camshaft. It gives two scenarios: one where there is
> interference of the gear and the bushing; and a second where there is not
> enough clearance or float. What it doesn=E2=80=99t consider is if there =
is too
> much clearance between the gear and the bushing. That is the case on my
> TR4 engine. I had 0.016 clearance and added a 0.010 shim under the gear =
to
> get the desired 0.006 clearance. Has anybody else had this experience?
> And what did you do about it.
>
>
>
> Tim Murphy
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I&#=
39;m pretty sure you have to remove the bushing from the bottom, but there =
may be a chance to remove from the topside with an inside bearing puller/sl=
ide hammer.=C2=A0 Do not drop the little woodruff key into the engine.</div=
><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div></div><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, M=
ar 19, 2019 at 9:40 AM Robert Lang via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.=
team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204=
,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class=3D"gmail-m_-4252127906334782226=
ydp458ed572yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-family:"Helvetica Neue"=
;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
<div>Hi - if the bushing is worn, it needs to be replaced. I would =
not run the gear with a thin shim under it, the shim will not last. I just =
looked at Moss and they have that distributor bushing listed for $75 plus o=
r minus.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have slop with that distributor dr=
ive, you will never get the ignition timing to be rock solid.</div><div><br=
></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Bob Lang<br></div><div><br></div>
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8" class=3D"gmail-m_-4252127906334782226yahoo_quoted">
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Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)">
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On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 12:36:30 AM EDT, timmmurphh=
--- via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">fot=
@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:
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<div><br></div>
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<div><div id=3D"gmail-m_-4252127906334782226yiv8221197969">=
<div><div class=3D"gmail-m_-4252127906334782226yiv8221197969WordSection1"><=
p class=3D"gmail-m_-4252127906334782226yiv8221197969MsoNormal">On page 1.13=
0 and 1.131 of the Workshop Manual it describes the procedure for obtaining=
the correct clearance or float for the distributor gear driven by the cams=
haft.=C2=A0 It gives two scenarios: one where there is interference of the =
gear and the bushing; and a second where there is not enough clearance or f=
loat.=C2=A0 What it doesn=E2=80=99t consider is if there is too much cleara=
nce between the gear and the bushing.=C2=A0 That is the case on my TR4 engi=
ne.=C2=A0 I had 0.016 clearance and added a 0.010 shim under the gear to ge=
t the desired 0.006 clearance.=C2=A0 Has anybody else had this experience?=
=C2=A0 And what did you do about it.</p><p class=3D"gmail-m_-42521279063347=
82226yiv8221197969MsoNormal"> =C2=A0</p><p class=3D"gmail-m_-42521279063347=
82226yiv8221197969MsoNormal">Tim Murphy</p></div></div></div>______________=
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