mr_bock

I am in the midst of replacing the distributor belt... it is all apart on my work bench. Question, what parts get lubricated with the Bosch grease? I see the remains of some grease on the inside of the belt housing, but I know you don't want grease on the belt. The secondary ball bearing appears sealed? I did not look all that close. Where else?

For anyone trying to remove the distributor from the engine, I found that it helped to carefuly spray some PB Blaster (penetrating oil) on the stud and where the shaft goes into the engine. Also, I did not want to hammer or force the distributor, so I used a full size crowbar and was able to get the curved end under the primary body and have the curve against the engine and kept applying a rocking force. It did take a while... then suddenly it moved about a 1/4" out. A little more and I was able to pull it out. No hammering, but I did curse alot!!!!!!

Any input is much appreciated

epj993

You might PM Robin Sun (Robin 993DX) as he just performed this distributor maintenance. There's a pretty recent thread as well.

mr_bock

Belt replacement is complete!!! I applied the grease at and under the little plastic rub pads and pivot points of each advance mechanisms.

Everything went back in correct the first time

From the first time I took the car out for a test drive and now again a couple of days later... the car/engine feels smoother, tighter, responsive than before. I don't know if this is just a false preception or what. The car has only 33K miles and the old belt looked 'fine' but since I was in there, I changed it anyway. I was getting some random misfire on cylinder 3 and 6 and that appears to have gone away.... so far for now. I was careful to try and route the cables better. But the car seems to run better. Ten year old belt..., I reccomend replacing it!!!!

chris walrod

Great work!! Job well done!!

Robin 993DX

What else did you do? Changing the distributor belt should not have made any difference in the engine's performance.