# How to take a distributer apart?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-take-a-distributer-apart/21237>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [October 26, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-take-a-distributer-apart/21237 "2008-10-26T00:23:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kanaka4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kanaka4life](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kanaka4life)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-take-a-distributer-apart/21237/1 "2008-10-26T00:23:39Z")

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Itook out the pins. now their are two things on the shaft one is the gear thing and the stoper thing onthe bottom of the gear thing does that have ac-clip or something holdign it their or does it jst come off with everything else do i just pull everthing off or hit it with a hammer?

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**Author:** ![poppypaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@poppypaul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/poppypaul)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-take-a-distributer-apart/21237/2 "2008-10-26T00:48:15Z")

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Use the tool thing