I was just wondering why you couldn't use the existing holes which I did and I now know why Barnett is advising not to which now makes sense.
yeah, if the gear has a tight press fit, the only way to get it to line up with the existing hole in the shaft is by pure luck because you can not rotate the gear on the shaft, and if it is clocked just .002" off, you will never get the pin in, therefore, its simply easier to drill a new hole.
in a case where both gears match and the pres fit is very light, you can absolutely use the orig hole because you can rotate the gear on the shaft with little effort, and that is also the preferred method in these cases.
this entire deal has just been a f'n nightmare solely because the gear depth was not checked when the distributor was installed, and the incorrect depth could have easily been corrected in less than 2 friggen minutes, now even his block is fkd because of these retards so i have to do something unorthdox to prevent further damage which is also fkd.