Anyone ever had their points break while driving down the road? I made a quick run to the hardware store today and as I was pulling out on the road, she kinda of backfired-ran alittle bit, then died. Luckily I had enough speed to coast into a vacant parking lot. I started troubleshooting and when I pulled the cap on the dizzy, the spring/wear block (the part that rides against the cam block on the dist shaft) was broken off the points arm. I walked tru the snow to a couple of auto parts stores hoping to find a set of points but they are a special order item. I kept my old points when I changed them this summer so I replaced the "new" with the "old" and made it home with no more problems. I am seriously thinking about Pertronix. The points that broke only had about 3k on them.
Points??
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The ONLY time my cruiser has left me stranded was when I BROKE a set of points. But what the hey, they had almost 200 miles on them, so maybe they were ready to go anyway. They were SOR's finest. That's when I went HEI and have never looked back.
Not recommending it for you, but it works for me.
Glad there is another bloke with the same experience!!!
Get with a Toyo dealer and like Steve says, use OEM whenever possible, and many times cheaper than aftermarket.
GL
Ed
Not recommending it for you, but it works for me.
Glad there is another bloke with the same experience!!!
Get with a Toyo dealer and like Steve says, use OEM whenever possible, and many times cheaper than aftermarket.
GL
Ed
Adventure Teq
SILVER Star
The pertronix setup is sweet, inexpensive, and simple. Never had a prob with it in over 10k mi. The nicest is that it no longer cuts out when the dist gets wet.
Nothing is perfect, and I have seen Pertronix die too. I only run the pertronix in one of my rigs, and I carry spare points in all of them. Cheap insurance. In 19 years and 1000s of cruisers, I have NEVER seen a set of points break, so I certainly wouldn't make much of it.