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Kevin in NJ · 01-11-2014, 09:18 PM

Ford started with the one piece shaft and later switched to the two piece. The two piece has more flex and prevented binding issues.

Think as the bearings wore and the slight mis-alignment on a solid shaft caused the points to have unequal gap. The two piece decouples the the alignment.

01-11-2014, 09:18 PM	#8
Kevin in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East NJ Posts: 3,398	Re: Distributor question Ford started with the one piece shaft and later switched to the two piece. The two piece has more flex and prevented binding issues. Think as the bearings wore and the slight mis-alignment on a solid shaft caused the points to have unequal gap. The two piece decouples the the alignment.