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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Vintage Royal Enfield => Topic started by: maxy123 on May 31, 2010, 08:09:05 pm

Title: How to remove the Advance/Retard plate from the distributor shaft RE Bullet 500
Post by: maxy123 on May 31, 2010, 08:09:05 pm
Hi Guys
I would be grateful if anyone could tell me how to remove the

Advance/Retard plate from the distributor shaft on a RE Bullet 500. If

it is screwed on, is it clockwise or anticlockwise to unscrew?
Look forward to hearing from you
Thank you
Title: Re: How to remove the Advance/Retard plate from the distributor shaft RE Bullet 500
Post by: ERC on June 01, 2010, 12:03:58 am
Take the two nuts off that hold the cover on the distributor. They are right hand thread. then pull the plate toward you.  ERC
Title: Re: How to remove the Advance/Retard plate from the distributor shaft RE Bullet 500
Post by: RGT on June 02, 2010, 05:15:21 pm
if you mean the advance mechanism after removing the center bolt I just gave mine some gentle side to side taps with a brass hammer, it is a taper fit and should come apart easy.
Title: Re: How to remove the Advance/Retard plate from the distributor shaft RE Bullet 500
Post by: cyrusb on June 02, 2010, 09:08:01 pm
Or you could send the puller screw down the center to pop it off the taper. The advance unit(if thats what hes talking about) is threaded internally .