What is the best quality ignition points?

Re: What is the best quality ignition points? How to get MUCH more milage from points

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I got this info here on the barn some time back. The OP thought they were good. They have a felt wiper to keep the cam oiled.

Blue Streak FD8183V at O'Reilly's Auto Parts
 
It don' matter if one has good or poor quality points, if the distributor cam isn't as smooth as a baby's bum, the rubbing block on the points will wear down prematurely.
As noted previously, the cam requires a bit of periodic lubrication.
 
Anyone ever considered replacing the phenolic rubbing block by unriveting it, making a new block, and riveting it back together? Seems like a lot of good points get tossed because of the rubbing block and the point surface itself is good.
 
I've done it, used small machine screws (4-40s?) to fasten the block to the point arm.
The points were good. I had replaced the cam w/a new "B" cam and never thought to check the cam surface, it was terribly rough and wore the rubbing block down within about 100 miles. I used some, about 5/16" thick, fibre board I had.
 

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Good idea for saving an otherwise quality set of points. I would think small pop rivets would also work for this repair without fear of the machine screws working loose.
 
I used machine screws rather than rivets because I was worried about breaking the new rubbing block when setting the rivet.
 
Bud said:
Anyone ever considered replacing the phenolic rubbing block by unriveting it, making a new block, and riveting it back together? Seems like a lot of good points get tossed because of the rubbing block and the point surface itself is good.
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Personally I would think Nylon would be a far better choice. Nylon-6, Nylon-66 or Nylon LFX have far better anti-wear properties and are self lubricating.

Regards
Bill
 
BillCNC said:
Personally I would think Nylon would be a far better choice. Nylon-6, Nylon-66 or Nylon LFX have far better anti-wear properties and are self lubricating. Regards, Bill
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Thanks for that, I'll keep it in mind in case I have to repair another set of points. I do have some nylon stock but no idea what flavor it is.
 
The rubbing block wears in the first 1000+ miles then gets a glaze on it and mostlikly won't wear fast after that, keep it lubbed. You are at .019 which is good
 
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