Noisy Distributor

I recently took my rig on a 100 mile round trip to have my new gears installed and the day after i got home i was tinkering and i noticed a loud ticking under the hood. figured it was the normal 4.0 tick but when i popped the hood it was louder than i've ever heard it. i tracked it to the distributor ( fairly sure, not positive) it changes with rpm's and with my finger on top of the cap i can feel the tick and thats the only place under the hood where i can feel it so i'm pretty sure thats where its coming from. Anybody heard of this before?
I installed a new cap, rotor and new wires just for good measure last night but it still ticks... i did notice that the shaft that spins the rotor was a bit sloppy and could move around. is this normal? I can't seem to track this one down...
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I'd suspect worn bushings inside the dizzy or worn drive gear....

you think replacing it is the answer? i've tried to read up on this a bit but it seems most of the worn out distributor threads speak of a squeeling, bearing screech. not a constant and consistent ticking like i have. Maybe the gear is messed up on a certain tooth? it is not intermittant and the ticks are all evenly spaced apart (frequency depending on rpm).
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BADaXJ said:

you think replacing it is the answer? i've tried to read up on this a bit but it seems most of the worn out distributor threads speak of a squeeling, bearing screech. not a constant and consistent ticking like i have. Maybe the gear is messed up on a certain tooth? it is not intermittant and the ticks are all evenly spaced apart (frequency depending on rpm).
Thanks

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The bushings or the housing wear,this lets the rotor contact the cap terminals thus the "tick" .If you run it long enough it will throw a code or just die.
Usually a 15 min job under the best conditions.
Wayne

See any odd marks on the internal contacts for the distributor cap?