setting the cam chain timing...tips?

kalyekid · Oct 6, 2016

Polock said: ↑

when your mark is comming onto the pointer (about a inch away) drop your pencil/straw down the plug hole and get it to stand up straight, sort of, now slowly turn the crank towards the tdc mark.
the pencil should be at it's highest point right at the tdc mark. you'll have to do this several times because you kind of have to look two places at once and the straw movement near the top won't be
very much.
when you're doing this you can go back CW at least a inch then go CCW again. if you're satisfied that tdc is at the pointer, good. if not then make a mark by the ignition pickup with the tdc that you found and use that mark. you can still use the C mark for the rest of it, it's not that critical.
you're probably good where your at like Benslaf said but for your own peace of mind try one tooth in either direction and you'll see how far off it goes
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Thank you. I will certainly try this...

Toomanybikes · Oct 7, 2016

Factory mass production is never perfect and the only way to get it perfect is a degree wheel and dial gauge on piston top. Usually one tooth either way will be farther away than acceptable.

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