How to remove and install distributor gear?

[dickeymoore]

Ok i got the roll pin out but now the gear will not come off,how does it come off and put back on?

 

[64nailhead]

With a little force. It's just stuck. Confirm that the new gear has the correct inside diameter - they aren't all the same.

 

[dickeymoore]

Its a new distributor that someone installed a bronze gear on it and I'm wanting to put the original melonized gear back on it,how do I remove the bronze gear that won't come off i have the pin out?

 

[64nailhead]

Hold onto the rotor in one hand and put a small set of channel locks on the gear with your other hand and twist.

Be sure the pin is completely removed.

Can you post a pic - doesn't sound like everything is copacetic.

 

[dickeymoore]

Here is the picture pin is clearly out and if I get it off with channel locks how does the new gear goes on does it have to be pressed on or what?Thanks

 

[pagrunt]

Maybe a little heat to the brass might swell it up enough to slide off.

 

[500/600]

Make sure you put the gear on correctly, the dimple on the gear lines up with the rotor.

Uh oh. I didn't do that. What is the outcome that should have occurred if I got it backward?

 

[dickeymoore]

So if I get it off does the other one have to be pressed on or what?

 

[500/600]

Might go on by hand. Might need lightly tapped with a hammer. Lightly.

 

[fleming442]

Uh oh. I didn't do that. What is the outcome that should have occurred if I got it backward?

If you don't line the dimple up, the oil pump will be out of phase! Dummy!