Thread: On The Hook Two

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Ken, have you had any conversations with Vertex about the problem? That unit you have is really a nice piece from what I have seen in the magazines, certainly not a cheap piece by any means. They must have some idea what is going on and I bet have seen this before.

Don

Don,
I did, here is the problem as for as I can tell. I took the car apart again this morning and the rotor was broke again. Robot and another good INTERNET friend told me to check the amount the main shaft was able to rise, I did. and it only has .005 of rise.
Apparently, there are two versions of this distributor. One is for computers that require an external coil the other like I have in my truck has an internal coil. If you look at the photo in my last post there fix for this is to use this steel ring around the bottom of the rotor with two set screws. The problem with that on my distributor is the set screws will hit the magnetic pick up when it rotates. So Monday I will get another one and put in flush mounted set screws so the clear.
But this is what bothers me. I have about 2200 miles on my roadster and it just broke. I put the new one on and it broke after 10 miles. It fit tighter than my old one to the best of my memory And how does centrifugal force cause it to rise?
The good thing is that everything on my car is out in the open and REAL easy to work on.
Ken