Front Mount Distributor

Well you have stumbled onto somethin here have you? The trick is really a small problem. When you push out and push in the new bushing the front bushing fixture gets bent and outta shape a bit. Here is what I had to do. When I tried to put my plate in it would always put the shaft in a bind. This bind is because a new bushing is in place and the old one is not, or the bushing bracket is bent. What you do is take your distributor back apart. Take the shaft out of the front bushing and stick it in the bushing backwards. Put the breaker plate on a level surface. Not flat but level! Here is what you should be looking at. You should be looking at the breaker plate sitting on the table or whatever with the shaft sticking in the bushing upside down. Now take a small level and put it on top of the shaft as best you can. Check to see of the shaft is level too. Do this check by turning your shaft at least four times 90 degree, 15degree, 30 degree, and 45 degree and check to see if it's level. I'll bet yours is not at this point. Pick the whole thing up and grasp your shaft still in the bushing and make adjustments by slight bends to the bushing legs. Get the shaft true to the plate and you shouldn't have any problems getting the plate down enough for the snap ring to go into place. I'll bet a lot of folks out there mistake this misalignment problem as a shaft not fitting into the bushing well. If your shaft doesn't turn freely or binds in the distributor bushings after asembly, shaft misalignment is most probably the culprit. I hope I have explained it well enough for you to understand.

Mark.....