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Originally Posted by ytech15
The distributor flange was badly rusted to camshaft, . . .
and broke the ears off the flange. Now what? . . .
MY FEAR is that the clown that was in there before never torqued the torx screw and now the flange is stuck against the locating pin of the camshaft..
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And somewhere on another site a person has posted " Some clown broke the ears off the distributor flange. "
The distributor rotor takes about zero torque to rotate so even if the screw was hand tightened with a screw driver it would be fine. Distributor rotors on other brands and older MB were push on.
Corona makes Ozone and Ozone is corrosive to metal. If the shield was missing / cracked, it would cause rust.
Being the only reason to remove the distributor flange is to remove the front cover, file what is left of the flange smooth, remove the cover then heat or split what is left of the flange.