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Can this clamp trick be applied to street engines that will show a few thousand miles/years before removal of distributor.

Or is it just a race engine application

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Yep.....you can and really should do it to them all, tollerance stacks can vary so much that some may never notice, while some will walk all over the place.
I`ve been doing this in various ways since back in the early 80`s....Just not the rubber hose tho..i`m not too keen on that for something that will not see teardowns occaisionally.


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You can also get the 1/2" clamp at Graingers for $2.64 part # 1L660

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Where is Graingers, do they have a online store?
i tried ordering from Enco they charge $40.00 shipping on a $2.00 item.

I am in Canada not in australia

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...Have you checked out the kit offered by Dvorak?...

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Oh, you mean the one that I had Dan install on my distributor just prior to my second dyno session w/ Dwayne P, only to have it cause the entire distributor to wobble when the engine was running... and then started slipping off the shaft... after about 5 minutes of run time?

It's still sitting on my parts shelf in a zip-loc baggie... and Mr. Dvorak never bothered to reply to my e-mail asking about the issues we encountered w/ it, either.

Since I don't have a Grainger's account (they deal w/ businesses only, right?) I'll be happy to reimburse anyone who is placing an order for one of those collars shown above if they'd order a second one for me, too.

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Prosport not to high jack your post but do small blocks have the same problem, my timing seems to bounce a little ? can this trick be done on the small blocks ?

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Beepraz I am Canadian as well and in Canada Graingers is called Acklands Grainger. Try them---Greg

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To install it, put the clamp on the dist shaft, way down by the bottom. Tighten the clamp enuff that it won't fall off, but will still slide on the shaft. Install the dist and tighten it down. The installation will position the clamp for zero endplay on the dist shaft and intermediate shaft. Then remove the dist, tighten the clamp on the shaft so it won't slide, re-install the dist, and you are good to go.

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That's exactly how I did it! Great HEMI minds think alike.

ps: I used a drop of Loctite on the screws.

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Dave, your hemi eyes must of missed that "trick" componet listed in the Hamburger 340/360 Catalog circa 1979, eh?

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Leigh, don't be a HATER. I never said the trick was my idea, did I? If you want to give Ed Hamburger credit for it, go right ahead. Happy now? You must be a lot older than me, because I was in my junior year of high school in '79. In the future, I suggest you NOT skank up threads with your garbage posts. Be helpful, not hateful.

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Prosport not to high jack your post but do small blocks have the same problem, my timing seems to bounce a little ? can this trick be done on the small blocks ?

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Yes it will do the same thing.

Somewhere I have one of the collars that Ed Hamburger used to sell for Mopar distubutors back in the 70's

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Is the SB distributor shaft the same diameter as the BB distributor shaft?
There's a Grainger store nearby and, since the company I work for does a large amount of business with Grainger, I get things from there at a discount.