Camshaft Install

[Steve]

Nessism pretty much nailed it in post #13, but I will add that I will check that the chain is not bunched up on the crank before I install the exhaust cam. Hold tension UP with your hand while rotating the crank. Maintain slight tension while re-locating TDC. Then install the exhaust cam while lining up the 1 mark at the edge of the head. You should now be able to slide the intake into place, count the pins, then bolt it down.

First off, you can NOT bolt the exhaust cam down BEFORE you put the intake cam in also. Put the exhaust cam in with the marks in the correct location and then install the intake cam with the correct pin count on the cam chain. Only THEN do you install the cam caps & torque the bolts.
Ray.

Ray has a bit more experience with this than any others here, and has a better technique, I'm sure, but I will at least put the exhaust cam caps into place and turn the bolts in a couple of turns (NOT torquing them) just to ensure that the cam does not come loose.

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