Dist gear roll pin?

[YJason]

Has anyone had trouble with shearing the roll pin that goes thru the ditributor shaft and gear? What did you do to repair/upgrade to keep it from happening again? Or can someone think of a reason for it happening besides that I'm running a HV oil pump? The gear on both the cam and dist look like brand new. I sheared my roll pin to the point it would bearly run.

[SilverXJ]

I've heard of the distributor gear failing before, but not the roll pin. How many times has it happened to you? If only once I would just replace the pin and make sure the shaft isn't binding anywhere. Make sure that the gear isn't binding against anything either.

[YJason]

This was the first time, I can't find the multi layered hardened pins anywhere. I ended up going back to O'reillys and got my Cardone remaned Dist replaced for free. It has a lifetime warranty, but I was wondering if anyone had a better suggestion. I thought about a grade 8 bolt, cut a little long with some red locktite and peining (sp?) it in place.

[4.whoa]

The last time i got a dist gear it came with one. Got it at Oriellys. It just had a roll pin' not one of those multi layer pins

[YJason]

Well it almost happened again, it started running bad. I pulled the dist cap and was able to move the rotor button back and forth. I pulled the dist, and sure enough it almost sheared the pin. I replaced it with a HD coiled spring pin from Grainger. I got the one with the highest double shear strength, so I guess the gear will be what goes next. I think when I pull the pan to replace the rear main seal I going to replace the oil pump with a OEM replacement and get rid of the HV pump.

[4.whoa]

What wgt oil are you running? I ran a hv pump for 3+yrs with 0w20- 5w30 (thinner during racing season)

[YJason]

Conventional 5w-30 year round