98 ram 5.2 help needed

Hi,
It was a 96 in a Dakota. Roller cam. I am unsure on what the gear was made of but it was so worn out because the bushing was sloppy that the gear teeth were like knife edges! I pulled the ditrib, then checked for slop with a large slotted screw driver by wiggling the gear, it was moving a lot. I then pulled the gear up and out and found the bushing completely worn out. The cam was ok, so i guess the gear was of a softer material. I replaced it all with factory parts. I bad a hook tool (slide hammer sota thing) and pulled it out. Tapped a new one in. There is a tool for all this. One thing, when installing the new bushing they say it must be reamed. The new gear drive will not want to slide in most likely as the bushing squeezes a bit. Google this to get a clearer idea. it fixed my issue...and it was something I would have never thought of I just happen to get pissed and start looking deeper into the issue. I had that darn distributor out many times looking in that hole in the block....just this one time I decided to go further and poof..there it was!