Bill, it will be tight but you can do it. As far as the chain. I wish I had
my old ones but what you can do is buy a good quality chain, RK or Tsubaki.
Call Pingle or Orient express and tell them you want a VMAX timing chain.
Then ask them if they sell the master links for them or see if they will
give you the number to Tsubaki so you can call them and ask if they will
sell you one. Now the type they will give you will be a master link with a
end plate. Remove a link from your old chain and hook the 2 chains together.
Rotate your engine like you said until both ends are on top. Using the chain
breaker/installation kit. Install the new master link. Using the sharp
chisel end of the breaker and press against the new pin head. Keep pressing
until you have put a good split in the end of the pin, thus making the end
of the pin larger than the hole and it will not come out. If they do not
sell the master links any more, using the chain breaker pin removal end,
press 1 pin out of the chain. then connect the new chain with your old one
and rotate your engine like you said. Now with the new chain ends at top.
Install the pin you just pressed out. Make sure you install the end that was
pressed out back into the chain. Now press the pin back in using the chain
breaker pin installer end. Now install the chisel end on the chain breaker
and turn the chain breaker bolt until the chisel end has put a good end
split back onto the pin end, this keeping it from being able to come out.
Don't split the end to far for you can press the links together, freezing
them up. Well that's how I do it. Take care and good luck.
Doug Nelson. P.S I will be gone on vacation from the 1 Jul to 13 July.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill D. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "V-MAX TECH LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 11:01 AM
Subject: Timing chain - Doug Nelson
> That's a terrific solution Doug, but where would someone find a timing
> chain/crush type master link? Certainly not at a Yamaha store. And how
would
> you know how many links of chain to get?
>
> I assume that you'd remove the chain adjuster, attach safety wires to
> separate links of the bad chain, grind the plates off one link and attach
> the new chain to the end in the direction of rotation and feed the new
chain
> in as you rotate the flywheel (being sure to keep the camshafts in
"time").
> I've done that on a V8 Mercedes engine. Any other guidance?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
>
> Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:26:18 -0500
> From: "Doug Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Dan Cox Re: Timing chain
>
> Yes you can, but you better be one heck of a mechanic. Make sure it really
> needs to be changed. You would have to buy a timing chain with a crush
type
> master link,
>
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