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Hey, I got my distributor cap off a while ago and replaced cos it was knackered and causing bad misfiring, but while the cap was off I noticed the rotor arm was fairly busted lookin too.

I have tried pulling the arm off, twisting it loose, and wd40'ing the hell out of it but it wont budge!!

Any advice on removing it? 'cos i think any more force and I reckon I'll wreck the whole distributor!

Any secret buttons or switches? or should i just force it? or can i cut it off without damaging the shaft inside it?

Cheers, tom

they can be a real pig to remove. Have you tried tapping the base with a small hammer very carefully?

My rotor arm went before and the aa guy that changed it had the same problem so he held it with plyars and got me to turn the engine over, it come of fine then. Hope thats of some help.

yeh there bonded on, mine just poped off with a flat blade screwdriver...check your coilpack aswell as my 16v was missfireing and didnt realise that the coilpack was on its way out.