Robbie If you look in the Ozdat Archives you will see references to refitting cam chains.
It is probable (almost certain) that your cam chain tensioner, located way down near the crank, has popped out to take up the slack when you removed the timing chain. You must always chock the lower chain to hold in the tensioner, when you disconnect it from the cam. To refit, you will need to take off the crank pulley and the front timing cover to allow you to reinstall the cam chain tensioner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robbie Vidler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2002 17:59 PM Subject: refitting timing chain problem > i am in the process of putting on an A87 head onto an l20B. i marked where > everytyhing was meant to go and where the chain lined up and all that crap, > but now* that i have tried to put the chain and cog thing back onto the cam. > > it is as though the chain isn't long enough, to double check things by > trying to line up the old head and that did not make it either. i thought > the chain might be jammed a little and tried to free it up some more but it > is still 1/2 a cm to short... > > what am i doing wrong? > > thanks > > robbie > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
