dist cap ?

No. Only the wrong cap or a worn out distributor can do that.

There are a bunch of mis matched cap and rotor sets out there on the store shelves these days though. The ones for Jeep 6's are hit and miss for the proper match.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 'New' frame in the works for '08

On what car?

It's a lot more likely for you to have a cheap aftermarket cap with poor tolerances that doesn't fit right. Or a bad bearing allowing too much end play in the shaft.

--scott

Is it possible for a distributor cap to be overtightened so that the rotor hits inside it? any thoughts. thanks _____________________________________________

No. The cap sits on a recessed shoulder that keeps the proper clearance. The only time I ever had the rotor touching the cap terminals is when I didn't have the cap seated properly.

Good luck.

Rodan.

There are two part numbers for the rotor for that application, are you certain that you have the correct one?

i pulled off the cap and rotor and all looks fine to me. nothing hitting. why would i hear like a snapping sound from there then? i have the right parts. thanks for the replies :-)

Ever hear of a spark?

No, but you can easily do this if the rotor arm isn't far enough down on the shaft.

There's a keyway in there to set it in th eright direction - if that's not engaged, then of course it will be too high.

My hat's off to you, Mike, to have missed opportunities I 'capitalized' on. I hafta admit that a couple of times I have installed a Chevy v-8 cap with it cocked just a tad and not sitting flush w/its distributor mating surface. Of course, the squealing immediately pointed out what I'd done. And since the squeal so mimicked someone scraping his fingernail across a chalkboard, I made sure that I wiggled the caps to find their 'seat' from then on! It CAN happen--at least south of your/my border.:) sam

You are correct, I wasn't thinking on an incorrectly installed or cocked to the side cap. Been there, done that and have seen that done too.

I have recently seen and read of a 'mess' of mis matches coming out of 'kits', so was thinking along those lines.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 'New' frame in the works for '08. Some Canadian Bush Trip Photos: