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Old 09 Apr 2005, 08:37 pm
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Default Re: changing dist rotor on CR-V

"motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in
news:42588301.2070004@interbaun.com:

> disallow wrote:
>> i use an impact screwdriver to get this screw
>> undone. You know, you whack the end of this
>> screwdriver with a hammer, and it turns and
>> pushes down simultaneously. This tool works
>> great for any stripped or stubborn fasteners,
>> as long as you have room to swing a hammer.
>>
>> http://www.brandsonsale.com/impact-screwdriver.html
>>

> -------------------
>
> Impact driver sounds like a good (actually great)idea, but distributor
> MUST be removed and the top end rested on an anvil or something (destroy
> the old rotor), since you'd be hammering against a fairly soft steel
> shaft that's inside a cast aluminum distributor. Something could surely
> get bent or cracked.
>



I am assuming this is all concerning a PHILLIPS screw?


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