How to change a distributor gear

They sometimes will come right off, sometimes they have to be pressed off. If you want to try it yourself, you knock the roll pin out of it and see if it comes off. If not, you could try some heat from a torch to expand it enough so it'll come off and the same thing if you put on the other, then put the roll pin back in. If it doesn't budge, even with heat, don't force it and take it to a machine shop where they'll press the old off and press the new on.

Since the gear costs $23.00 And the machine shop where wants about $20.00 I'll just take the distributor off and take the core to the parts store I'll be outta pocket about 10 more than buying a gear and distributor but I'll have the right gear and a fresh distributor even though the one thats on now is pretty new. I diffently don't want the machine shop to screw up on the gear. If wish I still lived in GA I know people do most car stuff cheap and get it done right people here are like highschool shop students.