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The Artist formerly known as Turbo84
Putting my distributor back together, and I noticed an item (most probably the result of the stupidity or carelessness of my youth) that I'm trying to fix. I have too much shaft endplay, so I need to find/make an appropriate thickness shim, but what I'm "scratching" my head about is if I lost a factory washer. In all the aluminum body distributors I have laying around, there's a "keyed" washer between the the housing and gear that keeps anything from rotating and wearing out the bottom of the housing. My cast iron distributor has a notch in it that looks like it is made to locate/anchor a similar type non-rotating washer. Is that correct? I was going to modify and use one of the washers from an aluminum distributor, but it's too thick to use. I need something thinner.
So, did I lose a special thrust washer that should be there, or am I FOS?
Thanks for any clarification here.
Edit: Apparently I'm FOS (no surprise to many people in my circle of acquaintances). I've been told by a learned Corvette guy that the tanged/captured washer was introduced on the aluminum housing distributors, and my antique iron piece just uses regular type thrust washers.
So, did I lose a special thrust washer that should be there, or am I FOS?
Thanks for any clarification here.
Edit: Apparently I'm FOS (no surprise to many people in my circle of acquaintances). I've been told by a learned Corvette guy that the tanged/captured washer was introduced on the aluminum housing distributors, and my antique iron piece just uses regular type thrust washers.
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