If it's not one thing, it's another... (help me)
Killa_CRX
09-26-2002, 09:38 PM
Alrighty.... so me and my bro have traded cars...
so this morning I start going over the engine, fixing all the problems my brother was telling me about... thought I had finished up, so after having gotten everything back together and taking it out for a run, it works great.... Until... this nasty rattling sound started coming from the distributor... sounded like the rotor was shaking around inside or something, or actually it sounded like bearings were grinding or something.... anyways, I didn't have enough day light left to take the damn thing apart and try to figure out what was wrong.
But I already did have the distributor cap off and everything cause I put a new rotor on and a new screw in (so as to fix the notorious problem with screws coming out and rotors coming off that the DX engines are prone to) and I didn't see any problems at that time... so I'm at a loss... dunno what to do.
Any suggestions?
so this morning I start going over the engine, fixing all the problems my brother was telling me about... thought I had finished up, so after having gotten everything back together and taking it out for a run, it works great.... Until... this nasty rattling sound started coming from the distributor... sounded like the rotor was shaking around inside or something, or actually it sounded like bearings were grinding or something.... anyways, I didn't have enough day light left to take the damn thing apart and try to figure out what was wrong.
But I already did have the distributor cap off and everything cause I put a new rotor on and a new screw in (so as to fix the notorious problem with screws coming out and rotors coming off that the DX engines are prone to) and I didn't see any problems at that time... so I'm at a loss... dunno what to do.
Any suggestions?
civickiller
09-27-2002, 05:03 AM
was the screw tight or did you just look at it. i say take the distrubitor cap off and try start it and see where the noise is coming from. so the starter will spin it and you can see if anything is lose or where the noise is exactly coming from
Killa_CRX
09-27-2002, 11:07 AM
Yeah, I tightend that baby down... cause I member how my old CRX DX's rotor would always come off...
as far as running it without the cap on, I did that but I can't tell where exactly the noise is coming from... and the only thing that looks loose to me is the shaft that the rotor is on, and it's wobling more then I think it should normally.
I think since I'm already not going to be driving it, I'm just going to take the whole distributor out of the car and take it apart piece by piece and see if I can't find out what's wrong.
Just ordered a helms manual too, so perhaps that'll help me once it gets here.
as far as running it without the cap on, I did that but I can't tell where exactly the noise is coming from... and the only thing that looks loose to me is the shaft that the rotor is on, and it's wobling more then I think it should normally.
I think since I'm already not going to be driving it, I'm just going to take the whole distributor out of the car and take it apart piece by piece and see if I can't find out what's wrong.
Just ordered a helms manual too, so perhaps that'll help me once it gets here.
91zc
09-27-2002, 11:13 AM
The bearings are going in the distributor. Same thing happened to mine and I replaced it before the bearings completely locked up and left me stranded on the side of the road.
Killa_CRX
09-27-2002, 12:33 PM
HAHA that's what I thought!
Any way to go about replacing them without taking the whole distributor assembly off and apart? and where can I order a new set of bearings from?
Any way to go about replacing them without taking the whole distributor assembly off and apart? and where can I order a new set of bearings from?
daddys
09-27-2002, 02:57 PM
where can you order a helms manual from?
91zc
09-27-2002, 02:59 PM
Originally posted by Killa_CRX
HAHA that's what I thought!
Any way to go about replacing them without taking the whole distributor assembly off and apart? and where can I order a new set of bearings from?
From what I hear it is really tough to rebuild the bearings on the distributor. When mine went out I asked about rebuilding and everyone said to buy a replacement and save the hassle of rebuilding it. I would just buy a replacement.
HAHA that's what I thought!
Any way to go about replacing them without taking the whole distributor assembly off and apart? and where can I order a new set of bearings from?
From what I hear it is really tough to rebuild the bearings on the distributor. When mine went out I asked about rebuilding and everyone said to buy a replacement and save the hassle of rebuilding it. I would just buy a replacement.
91zc
09-27-2002, 02:59 PM
Originally posted by daddys
where can you order a helms manual from?
www.helminc.com
where can you order a helms manual from?
www.helminc.com
tbk49
09-27-2002, 04:19 PM
i have the same problem going on, it sounds as though its right by the distibutor and its making this wierd noise...i figure I will just take it to a mechanic because it sound pretty bad :(
Killa_CRX
09-27-2002, 09:34 PM
Originally posted by 91zc
From what I hear it is really tough to rebuild the bearings on the distributor. When mine went out I asked about rebuilding and everyone said to buy a replacement and save the hassle of rebuilding it. I would just buy a replacement.
Yeah, I'm not going to try and rebuild the bearings... just want to buy replacements... but from where is the question?
can order helms manuals from www.helminc.com I believe
From what I hear it is really tough to rebuild the bearings on the distributor. When mine went out I asked about rebuilding and everyone said to buy a replacement and save the hassle of rebuilding it. I would just buy a replacement.
Yeah, I'm not going to try and rebuild the bearings... just want to buy replacements... but from where is the question?
can order helms manuals from www.helminc.com I believe
gunnmen01
09-27-2002, 11:20 PM
save yourself the frustration, just buy a new distributor, i dont know if you can even get bearings for it.
gunnmen01
gunnmen01
Killa_CRX
09-28-2002, 12:13 AM
Originally posted by gunnmen01
save yourself the frustration, just buy a new distributor, i dont know if you can even get bearings for it.
gunnmen01
Priced new a distributor today at $640.00.... for that price I could get a new engine... which I am planning on doing, but not for another two months.
As far as the bearings are concerned, I think I found them for sale at www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/ for like $15.
save yourself the frustration, just buy a new distributor, i dont know if you can even get bearings for it.
gunnmen01
Priced new a distributor today at $640.00.... for that price I could get a new engine... which I am planning on doing, but not for another two months.
As far as the bearings are concerned, I think I found them for sale at www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/ for like $15.
91civichatch2571
09-28-2002, 12:26 AM
Killa_CRX
09-28-2002, 12:36 AM
Originally posted by 91civichatch2571
http://members.tripod.com/cwbetb/id3.htm
^^^^^
this guy is selling a new MSD distro for 20 bucks.
That's just the distributor cap.... not the entire assembly.
http://members.tripod.com/cwbetb/id3.htm
^^^^^
this guy is selling a new MSD distro for 20 bucks.
That's just the distributor cap.... not the entire assembly.
SlowHatchGrL
09-30-2002, 01:13 PM
You can get a reman distributor at O'Reilly's for like $150 I think. I can't remember exactly!
91zc
09-30-2002, 01:31 PM
Originally posted by Killa_CRX
Yeah, I'm not going to try and rebuild the bearings... just want to buy replacements... but from where is the question?
can order helms manuals from www.helminc.com I believe
I meant that it is a pain to rebuild the distributor correctly.;) I would just go buy a remanufactured one from your local auto parts place.
Yeah, I'm not going to try and rebuild the bearings... just want to buy replacements... but from where is the question?
can order helms manuals from www.helminc.com I believe
I meant that it is a pain to rebuild the distributor correctly.;) I would just go buy a remanufactured one from your local auto parts place.
mengy
09-30-2002, 07:27 PM
D00d check to see if there are any screws that got attached to the spining magnet piece.... thats how my distributor got messed up... there were like 4 "lost screws" from previous rotor mess ups that got attached to the magnet... I didn't find out till it was too late.
btw I could hear rattling... before it messed up.
hope this helps
btw I could hear rattling... before it messed up.
hope this helps
civicracer_1990
11-01-2002, 01:28 AM
Man..I have 2 distributors just laying in my garage...there dx's so they don't have the cylinder positioning sensor and the crank angle sensor in em but....they work like new...one has aftermarket shit on em....also have dx 5spd ecu...ex automatic ecu and a dx dual point manifold.....oh shit this isn't a for sale forum...:finger:
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