Rotor Rubbing On Point Arm

[Bob Bidonde]

Has anyone experienced the rotor rubbing on the moveable ignition point arm? Somewhere I cannot recall, I saw a photo of a distributor that had a point arm with circular scuff marks made by the rotor.

 

[P.S.]

If the rotor is able to contact the points arm, something is grossly out of whack.

 

[alexiskai]

I remember a thread where someone was complaining that the rotor sat too low, causing it to be misaligned with the distributor body terminals, but I don't remember a problem that severe. In that case I believe it was due to a reproduction shaft being too short? And the problem was resolved by the addition of one or more shims.

 

[Bleedblue4life]

There is a picture of this in the nov-dec Marc magazine in the tech area.

 

[P.S.]

I remember a thread where someone was complaining that the rotor sat too low, causing it to be misaligned with the distributor body terminals, but I don't remember a problem that severe. In that case I believe it was due to a reproduction shaft being too short? And the problem was resolved by the addition of one or more shims.

If the rotor is rubbing on the points arm- It would have to be the distributor cam that is too short, nothing to do with the shaft.

 

[CT Jack]

All this stuff goes away when you have an electronic ignition.

 

[Wick]

I found this problem on two New distributors. Both cars ran terrible. I replaced both distributors with a rebuilt units.