Re: Engine rebuild, help!

Posted by HH56 On 2023/2/12 21:56:10

Yep. Just place them on their shafts and face them toward each other with O's in as close and straight a line as you can get. This is when you rotate the crank or cam as needed to make the O's align. Carefully remove the cam socket and slide the crank sprocket out to get the chain on. Sometimes it is easier if both sprockets remove. Be careful not to move the shafts during removal. Align the sprockets again and place the chain over both. If both were removed to a bench take sprockets and chain back to the engine as one piece. Because the crank side is longer you will need to slide that sprocket on first as you hold the cam sprocket and chain tight and aligned. As crank sprocket pushes on the crankshaft the cam side will come close to the cam shaft and you then keep the line and O's straight as you guide that sprocket over the cam key so it will slide on. If you got the cam and crank rotated properly to start with both should go on with very little work.