I installed a new dist. in my 99' 4.3 blazer because I had a slight misfire at highway speeds. Ran great for about 30 miles and than started to miss real bad. Limped it back home and pulled the dist. cap off and the center contact on the rotor was broke off and the top of the rotor was hitting the bottom of the dist. cap. When I installed the dist. there was no rototational play on the rotor. Now there is a good 10 deg. play counter clockwise in which the rotor rises as I turn it. ( The original dist. had this same play in it, but no contact) I tried to pull the dist. back out to check the gear and bearings and it will only come up about 1/2" and stop. I am stumped on this one. Any help on this one would great.

 

WOW,this has never happened to anyone else? Could it be that I am that unlucky?

 

There should not be that much play in the distributor. You have a bad distributor. Somehow the shaft is allowing the gear to lift along the cam gear causing the rotor to hit the cap. You'll have to get it out somehow.

And you can curb the sarcasm. You could have simply bumped the post instead.

 

How do you BUMP?

 

Just like that.

 

I spent several hours yesterday trying to get the dist. out, but no luck.I had a nylon strap around the base of the dist. and a long pry bar through a loop in the strap pulling up on it. I could see the base deflecting as I pried up on it, afraid it was going to crack. Anyone know of any tricks to pull this distributor?

 

Before you go and break something, please buy a Haynes or Chilton repair manual.

 

I have a Chilton, but it does not cover anything like this.

 

you might have to remove the lower intake.
the drive gear on dist could be damaged and stuck on cam drive gear

 

I can turn the rotor 10-15 degs. counterclockwise and the dist. shaft rises up. So it is not totally stuck. How about the roll pin holding the gear to the shaft? Could have possible worked it's way out and preventing the removal?