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Bobby Zlatkin · 11-10-2011, 02:19 PM

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Don't trust your cam as you receive it and just install it and line up the marks.

This cam is supposed to be installed at 102 degrees.
When I checked it, it was at 112 degrees.
The cam manufacturer said it must have been ground wrong (mistakes happen) and to send it back. I checked the center line spacing and the lift and they were as they were supposed to be.

I don't want to take it out, send it back and wait for another one. So, I figure the cam gear has 36 teeth and each tooth is worth 10 degrees. If I move it one tooth it will bring it to 102 degrees and I could fine tune it from there with three positions of the crank gear.

However, when I move it one cam gear tooth, it moves it 20 degrees to 92 degrees. I tried it back and forth several times with the same results.

What am I figuring/doing wrong?

11-10-2011, 02:19 PM	#1
Bobby Zlatkin Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mills River, NC Posts: 417 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	OK, what the heck am I doing wrong? Secondary title to this post: Don't trust your cam as you receive it and just install it and line up the marks. This cam is supposed to be installed at 102 degrees. When I checked it, it was at 112 degrees. The cam manufacturer said it must have been ground wrong (mistakes happen) and to send it back. I checked the center line spacing and the lift and they were as they were supposed to be. I don't want to take it out, send it back and wait for another one. So, I figure the cam gear has 36 teeth and each tooth is worth 10 degrees. If I move it one tooth it will bring it to 102 degrees and I could fine tune it from there with three positions of the crank gear. However, when I move it one cam gear tooth, it moves it 20 degrees to 92 degrees. I tried it back and forth several times with the same results. What am I figuring/doing wrong? __________________ Bobby & Norene Zlatkin L/SA