Driving car with stuffed dizzy bearing?

**92DELSOL** · 06-03-2007 02:06 PM

Just wondering if its still possible to drive a car with a screwed dizzy bearing?
Its making a fair bit of noise and im about an hour away from home!!!!
Is there anything bad that could happen if i try to drive it? How bout if i went to a close shop and got some rp7 (or something like that) to lube it up? Will that make it safe to drive home?
Oh, and its pretty much a straight highway drive.

Please let me know asap so i know what to do!

**bennjamin** · 06-03-2007 02:08 PM

at idle it will make a scratching / grinding noise from the dizzy area. Obviously.
You can drive it , but the bearing is failing and can seize. IF it seizes it will not turn around and will not provide spark so the car wont run

You can lube it up for a temporary fix

**92DELSOL** · 06-03-2007 02:09 PM

Oh, and how bout if i stopped whenever i can and re-lube it? lol
Just wanna get home without a tow!

**92DELSOL** · 06-03-2007 02:10 PM

wow! i was too slow with that.

thanks for the FAST reply!

Hopefully i make it home without it seizing!

**ECU-MAN** · 06-03-2007 08:01 PM

hope you made it home.

its liek a toss of a coin, you never know when it will seize

**92DELSOL** · 07-03-2007 08:52 AM

yeh i made it home! lol

anyone know where i can get a new bearing? i've read on here they are hard to find because honda have a patent on the bearing size - but i've seen people who have found them.
Cant just buy a new bearing from honda?

**bennjamin** · 07-03-2007 01:00 PM

you cannot buy the bearing from honda.
You buy the entire unit from Honda.
At most , you can get the ICM and coil seperate and rotor / cap , but the bearing is on the rotor shaft and im sure its part of the "body" unit.
You CAN get some mech. to rebuild it with a new or used bearing - thats what i did.

**isami** · 09-03-2007 09:33 AM

sorry noob but wth is a dizzY?!?!
ive been reading posts abotu it since 2004 and still have no idea

**destrukshn** · 09-03-2007 09:38 AM

distributor

**iamhappy46** · 10-03-2007 05:45 PM

ACA supply a brand new remanufactured dizzy for around $300rrp with a 5 year warranty.

I have seen a few Hondas get so much play in the shaft, the CAS gears hit the CAS and things quickly stop after that... broken gear and a stuffed CAS pickup

**92DELSOL** · 12-03-2007 05:24 PM

ended up getting a complete brand new dizzy for $360 off a friend of a friend....
anyone wanna buy a td-43u dizzy with stuffed dizzy bearing and cracked case to fix up/parts?