Help Please....Rotor removal....
#1
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Help Please....Rotor removal....
I know this should be a simple process...take the cap off and pull the rotor straight off but I pulled and pried at both of the rotors on my 1997 525SC Mercury engines and I could not get either one off. I called the marine shop today and was told...that they are SOB's to get off and was told to use 2 flat screw drivers and get under them and pry up together and hopefully not break my distributor housing. I was doing this with one screw driver with no luck...
Does anyone have a simple trick to getting them off?
Does anyone have a simple trick to getting them off?
#3
Official OSO boat whore
Charter Member
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Mequon, WI
Posts: 6,157
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Help Please....Rotor removal....
Yea, crack the rotor. It's a throw away part, so break that before you break anything else.
#4
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Help Please....Rotor removal....
Originally Posted by BadDog
Very sharp small chisel or Dremel tool.
#5
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Help Please....Rotor removal....
Thanks for the clarifying...did not mean to seem dense but I guess that solution option went right over my head... to many of this past weekend.
#6
Registered
Re: Help Please....Rotor removal....
Slice a vertical groove in it without cutting into the distributor shaft. Wedge a screwdriver into the groove you just cut and twist it thus cracking the plastic.
#8
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Help Please....Rotor removal....
Thanks for all the great feedback and tips guys, it sure will help. If the last peopl used Loc-tite....they pu the heavy duty stuff on that is for certain.
#9
VIP Member
VIP Member
Re: Help Please....Rotor removal....
Originally Posted by US1 Fountain
Merc recommends using Loc-Tite when reinstalling the rotor.
Loc-Tite? I used grease this year so wouldn't happen again. Bad idea?
__________________
Chris G.
Chris G.
#10
Re: Help Please....Rotor removal....
I always thought the locktite was a bad idea. This year my timing marks were jumping all over and I though, "crap, I knew I should have changed that distributor gear" But, I looked real close at the inside if the rotor (1 year old) and it was worn and somewhat loose on the dist shaft. Ah ha, put a new rotor on, problem gone. Now I locktite them on too. The inside of the rotor is just plastic and seems to wear and get loose if there is any movement. Locktite em.