nm5k@wt.net wrote in
news:1155293103.474121.70900@i3g2000cwc.googlegrou ps.com:

>
> jim beam wrote:
>> nm5k@wt.net wrote:
>> > TeGGeR? wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Then your timing belt is off, even if it looks like it's not.
>> >
>> > Could be.. The only other thing I could think of is maybe a
>> > sheared dist gear pin, or something like that.
>>
>> highly unlikely - it has no load. only way something like that can
>> happen is if the retainer ring somehow disappears...
>
> OK, like I say, I haven't looked at one. "honda" Just wanted to
> mention it
> in case it did have some type of lock, pin, or whatever for a gear or
> drive..
> MK
>
>


The distributor drive shaft keys to the camshaft with a slotted arrangement
that looks a bit like a large flat-blade screwdriver. It would take quite
an event to shear that.

The slot and key are offset from the axial center, so the distributor can
only go on one way. The timing belt, however, can very easily be off by one
tooth.

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