Jeep Strokers

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Conventional 5w-30 year round