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Old Nov 27, 2017 | 11:21 AM
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Default How To Shrink a Timing Chain

There was some discussion last week about align-honing, align-boring and what that machining does to the slack or slop in the timing chain because the crank is moved north ever so slightly, closer to the cam.
As luck would have it and good timing, pun intended, check out:
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Old Nov 27, 2017 | 11:40 AM
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Are you referring to this?: http://www.onallcylinders.com/2017/1...-timing-chain/
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