Distributor drive removal tool.
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Distributor drive removal tool.
It's the engine steady.
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
Any bolt with the correct thread can be used. The front damper mounting bolts are often quoted as a suitable tool.
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
Size should be 5/16 unf.
Normally a tappet chest cover bolt is useable
Normally a tappet chest cover bolt is useable
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
Wedge the bolt in a socket 13mm with a small piece of tissue.
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
Just use the engine steady. Its nice and long.
The tappet cover bolt is just a little to short. You can only hold the bolt head and you run the risk of dropping the whole thing into the sump, if you are very unlucky.
The tappet cover bolt is just a little to short. You can only hold the bolt head and you run the risk of dropping the whole thing into the sump, if you are very unlucky.
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
I always thought that one end of a rocker stud fitted?
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
You are correct in that as one end of the rocker stud is 5/16" UNF it will fit and do the job of removing the distributer drive.
The removal stud needs to be a reasonable length.
The removal stud needs to be a reasonable length.
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
I’m feeling terrible that I’ve done it successfully umpteen times over the years clearly using the wrong tool. How foolish I have been. I will worry about it more in the future
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Re: Distributor drive removal tool.
Many years ago when I was a teenager, I used small round file on many occasions to pull the distributor drive out of my Mini engine.
It was really easy you just shove it an and give it a twist and it locks into the threads perfectly.
Then one day I was doing it, and half way out the shaft slipped off the end of the file, there were a couple of clunking noises.
I then realised that those noises were the shaft falling into the bottom of the gearbox
So after another whole day pulling the engine out and stripping it down to retrieve the shaft, I went and bought myself a long 5/16" UNF bolt and have done the job properly ever since.
At least on a minor you could get it back by dropping the sump, but get a bolt for the job and do it properly.
Phil P
It was really easy you just shove it an and give it a twist and it locks into the threads perfectly.
Then one day I was doing it, and half way out the shaft slipped off the end of the file, there were a couple of clunking noises.
I then realised that those noises were the shaft falling into the bottom of the gearbox
So after another whole day pulling the engine out and stripping it down to retrieve the shaft, I went and bought myself a long 5/16" UNF bolt and have done the job properly ever since.
At least on a minor you could get it back by dropping the sump, but get a bolt for the job and do it properly.
Phil P