Reply To: Premature point wear?

[Alan]

Thanks to all!
Fleetwin, I did not swap sides with the points. That would have been good science. But as soon as I saw that it was impossible to adjust one side fully, and that the other points were also out of adjustment, I pulled them immediately.
What I thought I was getting was two sets of OMC points. I got them from a member who sells NOS OMC parts, which have always seemed to be of top quality. So, these could be, “aftermarket”, or cheap knock-offs, or something, but I did not get them for cheap offa feeBay.
If anyone put any part of my points in any kind of pliers, I’d get bent. They do look a bit chewed, but I have no idea why. Did I not put enough lube on the cam and new oiler wick I installed? May be.
Also appreciate learning about 2 stroke ignition, and glad to know dwell is not very relevant. My one mission was to get these to break at the clearly indicated times. Which I have done successfully in the past. In fact, I got good enough to set them to break at the middle of the mark. This time, no amount of adjustment would get me there.
Feels like these were defective to me. I look forward to a side by side comparison with the new ones.
I very much appreciate the support!
Alan