Distributor Shaft bushings
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Re: Distributor Shaft bushings
I don't know what engine you have but on a 96 4.0L Cherokee I had the shaft
was worn, not the bearings.
JoBo
"Brandon Audet" <bsaudet@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Got another question for the group...
> I recently rebuilt my carb and now that the engine sounds 1000% better at
> idle, I notice that an already existing "knock" is even more evident.
> When I tried to locate the cylinder, I thought it was 1 or 2, but with a
> stethoscope (spelling?) it sounds like those and the other lifters are all
> fine. However while listening I checked the distributor and it sort of
> sounds like there is a rasping kind of rattle under it, in time with the
> "knock".
>
> Has anyone heard of or had experience with the distrib shaft bushings
> going bad? By the way, the rig is a '75 CJ5, almost completely original,
> don't know about the dist though.
>
> Thanks for any input you may have.
> Brandon
>
was worn, not the bearings.
JoBo
"Brandon Audet" <bsaudet@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:TY7Hf.2783$3V4.2032@trnddc06...
> Got another question for the group...
> I recently rebuilt my carb and now that the engine sounds 1000% better at
> idle, I notice that an already existing "knock" is even more evident.
> When I tried to locate the cylinder, I thought it was 1 or 2, but with a
> stethoscope (spelling?) it sounds like those and the other lifters are all
> fine. However while listening I checked the distributor and it sort of
> sounds like there is a rasping kind of rattle under it, in time with the
> "knock".
>
> Has anyone heard of or had experience with the distrib shaft bushings
> going bad? By the way, the rig is a '75 CJ5, almost completely original,
> don't know about the dist though.
>
> Thanks for any input you may have.
> Brandon
>
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Re: Distributor Shaft bushings
I don't know what engine you have but on a 96 4.0L Cherokee I had the shaft
was worn, not the bearings.
JoBo
"Brandon Audet" <bsaudet@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:TY7Hf.2783$3V4.2032@trnddc06...
> Got another question for the group...
> I recently rebuilt my carb and now that the engine sounds 1000% better at
> idle, I notice that an already existing "knock" is even more evident.
> When I tried to locate the cylinder, I thought it was 1 or 2, but with a
> stethoscope (spelling?) it sounds like those and the other lifters are all
> fine. However while listening I checked the distributor and it sort of
> sounds like there is a rasping kind of rattle under it, in time with the
> "knock".
>
> Has anyone heard of or had experience with the distrib shaft bushings
> going bad? By the way, the rig is a '75 CJ5, almost completely original,
> don't know about the dist though.
>
> Thanks for any input you may have.
> Brandon
>
was worn, not the bearings.
JoBo
"Brandon Audet" <bsaudet@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:TY7Hf.2783$3V4.2032@trnddc06...
> Got another question for the group...
> I recently rebuilt my carb and now that the engine sounds 1000% better at
> idle, I notice that an already existing "knock" is even more evident.
> When I tried to locate the cylinder, I thought it was 1 or 2, but with a
> stethoscope (spelling?) it sounds like those and the other lifters are all
> fine. However while listening I checked the distributor and it sort of
> sounds like there is a rasping kind of rattle under it, in time with the
> "knock".
>
> Has anyone heard of or had experience with the distrib shaft bushings
> going bad? By the way, the rig is a '75 CJ5, almost completely original,
> don't know about the dist though.
>
> Thanks for any input you may have.
> Brandon
>
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Re: Distributor Shaft bushings
I don't know what engine you have but on a 96 4.0L Cherokee I had the shaft
was worn, not the bearings.
JoBo
"Brandon Audet" <bsaudet@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:TY7Hf.2783$3V4.2032@trnddc06...
> Got another question for the group...
> I recently rebuilt my carb and now that the engine sounds 1000% better at
> idle, I notice that an already existing "knock" is even more evident.
> When I tried to locate the cylinder, I thought it was 1 or 2, but with a
> stethoscope (spelling?) it sounds like those and the other lifters are all
> fine. However while listening I checked the distributor and it sort of
> sounds like there is a rasping kind of rattle under it, in time with the
> "knock".
>
> Has anyone heard of or had experience with the distrib shaft bushings
> going bad? By the way, the rig is a '75 CJ5, almost completely original,
> don't know about the dist though.
>
> Thanks for any input you may have.
> Brandon
>
was worn, not the bearings.
JoBo
"Brandon Audet" <bsaudet@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:TY7Hf.2783$3V4.2032@trnddc06...
> Got another question for the group...
> I recently rebuilt my carb and now that the engine sounds 1000% better at
> idle, I notice that an already existing "knock" is even more evident.
> When I tried to locate the cylinder, I thought it was 1 or 2, but with a
> stethoscope (spelling?) it sounds like those and the other lifters are all
> fine. However while listening I checked the distributor and it sort of
> sounds like there is a rasping kind of rattle under it, in time with the
> "knock".
>
> Has anyone heard of or had experience with the distrib shaft bushings
> going bad? By the way, the rig is a '75 CJ5, almost completely original,
> don't know about the dist though.
>
> Thanks for any input you may have.
> Brandon
>
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