You might try putting some die-electric on the shaft of the ditributor
before installing the new rotor.
I don't remember who showed me this trick years ago but after breaking
the electronic pickup on my Chev 1/2 ton while trying to take off it's
rusted in place rotor I remembered this trick. Its supposed to prevent
the problem I had and give you a small margin of protection when your
rotor cracks. I know it would have saved me hacksawing and chiseling the
rotor off my truck it seemed like it was super glued in place.
Doug Hamilton
1960 TR3A
1963 Fiat Cabriolet
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:39:30 -0800
From: Pete & Aprille Chadwell <pandachadwell@mac.com>
Subject: TR6 with cracked rotor?
Well, you guys may have really nailed it with the cap & rotor bit. I
pulled the rotor back off today and was inspecting it when I finally
noticed a crack in the black plastic running from underneath the
rotor's blade down to the base of the rotor. Hmmm. My new cap and
rotor should be here tomorrow afternoon. I guess I don't quite
understand why it cracked. I don't think of a rotor really being
subjected to that much stress.
Whaddya think?
- --
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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