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Old 06-20-2013, 02:14 PM   #13
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Default Re: Change timing gear easy way?

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg View Post
Here's a picture of the timing marks. Some books give wrong information on the timing marks and they might have you set it one tooth off. As the picture shows, the cam gear dot lines up with the crank gear tooth directly above the RIGHT side of the keyway.

Be sure to put some grease on the cam gear plunger, and I also grease the gears so they don't start off dry.
Here is the thing about one tooth off, as the timing gear is not cut straight across you cannot line up the marks and push the gear on so they line up. You have to set the gear so it looks a tooth or two off counterclockwise (I can't remember right now) and as the teeth mesh the cam gear will turn clockwise lining up the marks.

Even if you have no idea what I just wrote when you are done the marks must line up like in Tom's picture.
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