Originally Posted by
aLmk
Ok thanks!
Unfortunately progress today has been slower than I'd hoped. I am not 100% convinced my motor is timed correctly... I did just recently replace the timing chain, tensioner, and guides so I recall doing the process rather well, but this time it doesn't seem to be lining up quite as well and I'm not sure if it's my judgement, or if something is actually wrong. I have a couple pictures to explain what I'm talking about.
The first 2 pictures were taken with the cams locked in place and the tensioner still locked:
This next one is after release the tensioner:
What concerns me is the slack at the top between the 2 cams:
After removing the cam locks the slack is all but gone and the dashes line up better:
Perhaps I am over thinking this but while turning it over by hand it seems as though it may be skipping teeth, although I don't know how it could with the tensioner in place, all guides in place, plus a lower timing chain guide... Can anyone tell me if the color links that you use up top and on the crank sporken ever realign with their original spots? To explain what I mean, see how in this picture, there is still 7 links between the 2 marked spots on the cams, but the colored links are not where they were originally:
I turned the motor over many times (probably 50+) and never got them to line up again like this:
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