• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Cam Chain Tensioner & timing Question

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Guest
So long story short i've been rebuilding the top end to my 78 gs1000. It's the first time that i have done this. Ive got the timing marks lined and the cams in with the cam chain around it. Problem is... When i put the cam chain tensioner in, it turns the crank a hair and the TDC mark is no longer lined up. Question is: Should this TDC (cyl1-4) mark still be lined up exactly once the cam chain tensioner is applied? Is it normal that it moves a little like this?
 
If it's only "a hair", it's not a problem.

Before you button things up, double and TRIPLE check the count between the #2 and #3 marks.

It catches a lot of people that the pin over the #2 mark is your #1 pin, not the one next to it.

.
 
When you let the tensioner out, it takes up the slack on the back run of the chain. Yes, this may move the crank.
Once it's in and locked it should be possible to realign the marks at the crank end and check that the marks on the cam sprockets are correctly aligned - #1 level with the head face and #2 and 3 the right no of pins apart.
 
I have it all set up correctly with the 1,2,3 marks on the cams and the number of 20 pins from marks 2&3. The only thing that I don't have in it is the front cam chain guide but I feel like that shouldn't make much of a difference on the crank turning from them tensioner. I can release the tension on the tensioner by turning the large knob and turn the crank to get the timing marks close but it still seems to be off when I rotate the crank a few revolutions.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top