reasons my roter button won't turn
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reasons my roter button won't turn
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Torxhead
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Broken distributor drive pin or snapped timing chain for starters. Pull the distributor out and check it 1st.
hdgapeach
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- Right now, only one '76 CJ5. 304 with a three speed stick. Everything else is pretty much stock 'cept for a 4" suspension lift. Came to me with a back breakin' 4" suspension lift attached to a reverse shackle setup (Reversed the reverse shackle :dung: and now she rides like a Caddy!) Also posess a few 60s & 70s Mustangs and a couple of late 70's F150s 4X4s.
Put the rotor button back on and see if you can twist the shaft by hand. Sometimes you'll be able to if the pin holding the drive gear to the bottom of the shaft is broken. It happens....
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mylittlecj5
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Not always. I had a camaro shut down 2 hours from home. Had it towed and the engine rebuilt, found the timing chain was busted.
hdgapeach
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Luck of the "break". Just depends on where the chain snaps in relation to the pull that's being applied to it. If the slack end has to travel all the way around the cam to get back to the crank, you could hear a lot of slapping while it's on the travel route.