daily_driver

just installing my new vacc adv canister on my distributor....

i have a recurve kit that comes with new plastic bushings....

does an hei dist use plastic bushings around the weight holes where it goes over the pins??

thanks!!

:)

daily_driver

john's '81 mouse

No plastic bushings used on the weight pin holes in the kit I got from lars for my HEI.

MikeC

For your advance to work properly, I'd use them.

MasterDave

I thought the plastic bushing went over the end of the vacuum canister pin on the dist base plate to limit the amount of total vac advance. Don't think I've ever seen any bushings at the weights themselves. Probably gives you a couple different sizes in the kit....

daily_driver

ok cool, ill skip em since theres none in there now and the curve is already what i want... (36 total with ~15 initial by ~2500 rpm)

i just thought the vertical play was excessive without bushings on the weights and it seems the holes are big enough that there shouldbe some bushings.......

hopefully LARS will chime in anytime now???

LARS you out there buddy??

:) :) :)

thanks guys!

daily_driver

doh!

i just read on this MR gasket spring set that i have that the bushings do go on the weight pins!!!

:conehead :conehead

those holes looked a bit too big :jester

my old bushings must have disintegrated or something heh

DavidOrr

I asked Lars this same question about a week ago. According to him they are not necessary.

David

daily_driver

if lars says they are not necessary, then THEY ARE NOT NECESSARY!!

thanks for clearing it up

:cheers: :cheers:

i wish i had some new pins and 106 weights now...

mine look worn.....

clem zahrobsky

early HEI had no bushings but later ones do because the weights wore grooves the pins. there is a after market bushing kit with a drill jig to change over to over size bushings for repair of worn pins :chevy

PatsLs1vette

some have them if the holes are too big they are needed like clem said..the mrgasket set comes with different sizes to fit i have one in front of me right now...yours looks very sloppy worn out...

daily_driver

i went to the GM dealer today to get new pins and 106 weights becuase the holes are worn too big from where it contacts the pins....and the GM guy didnt know WTF i was talking about....

then he said he doesnt carry those items..

local auto parts stores and speedshops drew a blank also..


does anyone know where i can get replacement pins and replacement "106" weights??? the curve is setup exactly as it should be right now... so i dont want to go to some other weights.. (i do have some mr gasket curve kit weights but dont want to use them)

thanks!!

daily_driver

hey clem, you wouldnt by chance have a maker and part # for that kit wouldja??

thanx

:)

glen242

Bushings for my '76 were/are available from NAPA. Echlin # DP112 Advance Bushing Set. About $3-4.

daily_driver

napa!!

i havent tried them yet...(havent been there in years...)

thanks glen

:)

clem zahrobsky

thexon is the brand i have and they came from the auto parts

Paul L

You can see the nylon bushings in this pic. They cost about $2.00.

daily_driver

i went to NAPA auto parts today and THOSE GUYS KICK SOME ****!!!!!!!!!!

before that i had gone to -discount auto -western auto- 1stop -gm dealer and none of those fools had distributor pins and 106 weights or bushings..

NAPA auto parts carries 106 weights, the pins, and the bushings!!!!

:)

Cobratei

it all depends on what year your vehicle is the newer HEI Distributors have weights that have a little pad around the pin hole. The pin itself is a larger diameter then the older style which need bushings.
If you need advance weight bushings I have them. Contact me at automan_1954@hotmail.com and let me know how many pairs of bushings you would like. Bushings are $5 a pair with free shipping to the continental United States.

naramlee

heh this is odd... all my MSD pro billets don't use the bushings either, maybe because they are race oriented, but you'd think they'd use bronze or some kind... learn something new everyday I guess