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Hi all im trying to pull my L24E distributor down but after taking the cape off and rotor button there is the reluctor thats sit's in the middle of the stator. im having trouble removing the roll pin that holds the reluctor on the sharft its got be F*&(*^ how to get it out ???? ;)

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Hi all im trying to pull my L24E distributor down but after taking the cape off and rotor button there is the reluctor thats sit's in the middle of the stator. im having trouble removing the roll pin that holds the reluctor on the sharft its got be F*&(*^ how to get it out ???? :)

The roll pin simply locates the reluctor on the shaft (ie positions it for correct timing), the reluctor itself is actually a light press-fit to the shaft. Unfortunately with time and a bit of corrosion it can become a bit hard to budge. Try using something like WD40 (only a small amount) and then levering gently with a couple of screwdrivers on either side of the reluctor. Best to hold the body in a vice (prefereably with soft jaw inserts).

I've pulled a few L24E/L28E dizzies apart over the years. They have a design weakness in the vac advance support plate mechanism which has ball bearings retained by a plastic cage to allow movement of the stator by the vac can Unfortunately the plastic cage falls apart with heat/age and the mechanism wanders all over the place giving erratic timing.

The roll pin simply locates the reluctor on the shaft (ie positions it for correct timing), the reluctor itself is actually a light press-fit to the shaft.  Unfortunately with time and a bit of corrosion it can become a bit hard to budge.  Try using something like WD40 (only a small amount) and then levering gently with a couple of screwdrivers on either side of the reluctor.  Best to hold the body in a vice (prefereably with soft jaw inserts).

I've pulled a few L24E/L28E dizzies apart over the years.  They have a design weakness in the vac advance support plate mechanism which has ball bearings retained by a plastic cage to allow movement of the stator by the vac can  Unfortunately the plastic cage falls apart with heat/age and the mechanism wanders all over the place giving erratic timing.

thanks for the help.... i can acually see ball bearings in the old distributor that came off the motor my dad remembered having this problem on his skyline and said i could have his distrbutor witch he bought of a wreakers thats in really good nik its just been siting for ages on the old skyline and the vac advance diaphram has roted away and vac advance i think is seeced up a bit so im just trying to pull it down and get it moving and use the good diaphram off the other distributor on it. but anyway ill give the wd40 a shot thanks

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