Gaz154 0 Posted February 23, 2004 How do you get the rotor arm off the dizzy?????? :mad: :mad: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DruidicCurse 0 Posted February 23, 2004 pull it......you can use a screwdriver and gently get leverage to lift it.........it should come right off after a little pressure. just be careful of what you pry against. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz154 0 Posted February 23, 2004 I almost gave myself an anurism trying to pull it off earlier i'll try the screwdriver cheers mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60Jet 1 Posted February 23, 2004 Good old VW and their wisdom stuck them on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted February 24, 2004 Yeah I did try to post about this last nite, but my internet connection broke. As Nigel says, Volkswagen actually glue the old rotor arms on - and the only way to get them off is to physically break them off using something like a hefty pair of molegrips. Obviously you want to be careful to not damage the distributor itself, but you need to use molegrips to just crack the old rotor arm and break it off. Then clear up any remaining plastic fragments and stick your new one on - no need to glue it back on! I know, as I had to do this on my last Rado :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 24, 2004 mine fell off when the mechanic had a look at it. "theres ya problem" (no sh*t :roll: ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhatVR6 0 Posted February 24, 2004 yep, they are glued on. buy a new one and smash the old one off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted February 24, 2004 Yeah they use the same urethane glue they bond windscreens with, so it won't leave any residue on the distributor shaft. Interestingly the new rotor arm doesn't come with glue. I've never glued my 16V ones on and they've never fallen off, so I wouldn't worry about it tbh. I think it was just a precaution due to the horizontal mounting of the dizzy and the high rev-range - in the case of the 16V. K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daves16v 1 Posted February 24, 2004 Did mine about 10 months back and had to break it into pieces.......right pain in the bum!!! Put the new one on without glue and had no problems since. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz154 0 Posted February 24, 2004 cheers guys when my car wouldn't start one morning a garage diagnosed a dead dizzy i managed to get a replacement on ebay for £20 but i took it to bits the other night and the rotor arm and dizzy cap look pretty much knacked all black and pitted contacts so i'm going to change them over and bung it back in and see if i can get it working again cos he said at the time to get it repaired/refurbished would set me back big bucks so hopefully i'll have a spare Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
