How does the Rotor manage to fall off?

I was driving one day, and my rotor screw somehow popped off inside the dizzy, and the rotor fell off. I thought I messed up my engine for a couple of minutes. I put it back in though. How does this happen? I was pretty sure that I tightened it well-enough last time (even used a small ratchet to tighten it. Can you prevent this?

loctite.

put a little drop of blue lock-tight on the bolt , that should help

Yeah a little Loctite should be able to keep that bolt in place, that's wierd though this is the first time that I have heard of a rotor bolt falling off. Crazy, well at least you didnt damage your engine.

happened to me twice, on two seperate cars. loctite fixes that

Dang. This happened to me every day for a week. I'd try to climb this massive hill, and about half way up, the screw would come out and I'd be by the road side wearing a suit playing with my dizzy.
I finally replaced the rotor and the screw and got it on there really tight...and then the whole distributor quit on me.
Shoulda got loctite.
Flunky
PS-The fun part was having a dead motor and needing to rotate the distributor to get it to just the right spot. I'd put the car in gear and let it roll backwards for a foot.

I've heard that you can put in your rotor wrong? Does it really make a difference? Something about 180 degrees off or something?

ive had this happen once. i had no loctite on hand and ended up using silicon sealer. works like a charm and is still kickin 10k miles later :D

Do you just apply loctite after you've screwed in the screw tightly?

no you put it on the threads of the screw before you put it in.

So does it matter at all where the screw is when you take off the dizzy? I've heard that you can install the rotor 180 degrees off or something?

not on our cars, the rotor should be shaped on the inside kinda like a D so it only fits on the dizzy the same way.

I could be wrong but I'm hearin a common theme...Loctite... :lol:

I could be wrong but I'm hearin a common theme...Loctite... :lol:
:lol2: :lol: :cwm27: :rofl:

Josh you are a true smartass...you're learning well from me, lol.

I could be wrong but I'm hearin a common theme...Loctite... :lol:

Loctite works... also another option is to use a screw that's not going to expand and contract when the engine heats up and cools down, because that'll eventually cause it to work it's way out.

Are you still able to take out the screw after applyin loctite? Like just in case you want to change your dizzy cap and rotor?

theres two colors of loctite. blue and red. i think red is the one that is super hard to get out. the blue stuff can be taken out a little easier.

then again, i might have it backwards

theres two colors of loctite. blue and red. i think red is the one that is super hard to get out. the blue stuff can be taken out a little easier.

then again, i might have it backwards


You are correct sir, I have the stuff here at work