Sorry if this is buried in a post somewhere but I've been searching for a while and can't find anything. Everything I've read just says to remove it and the service manual doesn't provide much in the way of guidance. Do I need to rotate it or something or push on it? Tried everything I could think of and couldn't get it to budge. Based on the new one I have it looks like it just slides off and on. Do I just need to pull harder?

 

wiggle while pulling up, pullharder use you hand only no pliers dont want to bend the dist shaft its just stuck

 

Ok thanks! Yeah I was worried about bending/breaking the rod. I'll give it another shot this afternoon

 

rod you mean the dist shaft

 

I'm guessing you mean the roter?

Spray some pb blaster on it. Put a shop rag around the base of the shaft to keep it from getting in your distributer. It'll pull right off after a minute or so.?

 

what motor is this

 

a pic possible i thought coil packs on this year correct me if im wrong

 

I don't see where the OP says the year...

 

Profile says 98.

 

2000 was the first year for coilpacks.My 99 built in june still has distributor.

 

cool

 

Ah CF app for Droid doesn't show full profile or signatures

 

Yes the dist shaft, and yes it is a 98 so has dist, not coilpacks. Been away for work so haven't had a chance to tackle this again yet, but thanks for the info guys.