distibutor

[swedge]

had my car at the garage to get checked over as its not running very well

its a 1.0 1990

i put new leads, plugs, rotar arm, points on it

the locating tab in the rotar arm has worn away after being on for couple hours

when i put the rotar arm on it will spin round the distributor

what can cause this to wear away so quick, the spindle thing it sits on has no play side to side but moves in and out slightly

would that cause it to jam inside the cap and wear away

ive took the distribor off just now and a friend is stripping it down for me

[mowgli]

wrong part supplied, or a cheaply made item,
or the arm is too long & something caused it to seize in one spot & the tab get knocked off.

[swedge]

they were bot bosch parts and identical to the old ones though