cap and rotor question

spooldup

spooldup

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I changed the cap and rotor the other day and was wondering what would happen if the new rotor was off.. Let's say the old rotor was at 6 o'clock. Then lets say i popped the new rotor on at 7 o'clock or even at 1 o'clock. Would this matter?
 
Mad Mike

Mad Mike

SYCOSIS
It would be pretty dufficult to just "pop" the rotor on wrong. The distributor shaft has a channel in it which matches up with the raised area on the rotor. So, really the rotor will only go on one way..... unless...... you really force it. :)
 
SY2932

SY2932

Administrator
Mad Mike said:
It would be pretty dufficult to just "pop" the rotor on wrong. The distributor shaft has a channel in it which matches up with the raised area on the rotor. So, really the rotor will only go on one way..... unless...... you really force it. :)
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Ditto. Not to mention that the top of the shaft also has a "flat" cut on it so that it has "D" shaped profile to it. It has to slide over the flat before the pin in the center of the rotor goes into the groove as well. I have seen a pretty chewed up cap and rotor before so, it only goes to prove that you can do ANYTHING if you put your mind to it...
 
spooldup

spooldup

Super Member
that's what i thought. I tossed the red conrad rotor before i could compare. I could almost swear the new autzone rotor that replaced the conrad did not have this "d" shape. I looked into it to see wich way to install it and didn't see anything.
 
SY2932

SY2932

Administrator
spooldup said:
that's what i thought. I tossed the red conrad rotor before i could compare. I could almost swear the new autzone rotor that replaced the conrad did not have this "d" shape. I looked into it to see wich way to install it and didn't see anything.
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Hmm, gonna have to look into this the next time I go to the parts store...
 
SYO237

SYO237

SyTy Registry
I didnt notice a difference when buying a new cap/rotor a few weeks ago.

I got the last conrad on the shelf, but took a look at the duralast for comparison...both looked identical other than conrad is red, duralast is gray. The duralast comes with brass tips.
 
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