I beg to differ..it most cetainly does have:
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/rafr...1167195k292243
a 2-piece pully separated by a rubber dividor. I never said anything about
it being internal. And it will fly apart if you over tighten the belt. I
'know' that because, at the advice of someone in the forums who knew nothing
of the cronic issues with the distributor bearing, I kept tightening the
belt. Eventually the outer pulley separated from the inner hub. Made a mess
of things down there too.
If it hadn't been for the car quitting completely and discovering that
the spark was nearly 180 degrees out I might have put it in the shop. It
occurred to me to pull the distrib cap to confirm that the rotor was turning
when I found it was full of red rusty debris. I could see that it had melted
on the center hub and spun around.(see link at bottom) If you get a handle
on it before it gets too hot it may not destroy the ignitor module in
there...it was too late for mine. I think if you pull the distrib cap off,
pop off the rotor button, and then pull off that dustcover
http://isomerica.net/~dpn/blogimages..._dustcover.jpg
in there you can get a good look at the outer bearing.
I apologize for jumping to the conclusion that it was definitely your
distributor, and possibly inducing panic. JB was right to point that out.
"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> quoted
>> <bgreene1@dontspammecolumbus.rr.com> wrote:
<snip>
>> How do you...
>>
>> The distributor looks newish. What I don't like is that there seems to
>> be a bit of oil coming from two of the spark plug holes. I think I'll
>> have someone take a look.
>
JB wrote:
> before you panic, check the alternator, power steering and a/c belts. if
> loose, it's typical for them to squeal on startup, then quiet down, just
> as you describe. failed bearings generally continue to squeal as long as
> they're being used.
>
> and you can't destroy an "harmonic balancer" on a 91 accord - it doesn't
> have one, it's an ordinary pulley wheel.
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