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Question!!?!
Anybody ever break a distributer shaft (rod) at the roll pin?
This is a MSD Pro billet in a 400 B Block. Only had 7 or 8 hours on it. Was doing a burn out, let off the gas went to idle for a second then died.
Shaft broke in half right at the roll pin. Anybody ever have or hear of this problem? It has a double roller timing chain not a gear drive.
A friend told me about the disadvantages of the balancer I’m using. It’s a TCI “Rattler” and he has know people who have sheared off the front off the crank when the engine coming down in RPM’s using a Rattler. Supposedly the little arms in the damper that absorb vibration can reverse the force of there momentum after a high RPM rev when coming back to idle. Thus sending a shock to the crank. I’m wondering if this happened to my engine and the damper shocked the oil drive shaft and broke the distributer shaft. Anybody ever hear of something like this????
Anybody ever break a distributer shaft (rod) at the roll pin?
This is a MSD Pro billet in a 400 B Block. Only had 7 or 8 hours on it. Was doing a burn out, let off the gas went to idle for a second then died.
Shaft broke in half right at the roll pin. Anybody ever have or hear of this problem? It has a double roller timing chain not a gear drive.
A friend told me about the disadvantages of the balancer I’m using. It’s a TCI “Rattler” and he has know people who have sheared off the front off the crank when the engine coming down in RPM’s using a Rattler. Supposedly the little arms in the damper that absorb vibration can reverse the force of there momentum after a high RPM rev when coming back to idle. Thus sending a shock to the crank. I’m wondering if this happened to my engine and the damper shocked the oil drive shaft and broke the distributer shaft. Anybody ever hear of something like this????
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