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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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Just for safety's sake, I thought I'd post a shot of my cam install to make sure I'm dot-to-dot. Every time I try to get the dots straight up and down, I miss it by a hair on either side. From what I have read, if you are off, it's fairly noticeable, and from what I see in the picture, it looks like the dots should line up straight if I could get the crank to stop where I want it to... Anyone?

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Yes, you are fine, continue..
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Yeah, that's as close as you're gonna get. Because of the teeth on the gears, if you're off... you'll know it -- it will be wayyyy off.
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My buddies and I had an arguement over this when i did my h/c. So what we did was take a straight edge (like a ruler) and line it up thru the cam center and cam dot. If things were lined up, the straight edge had to then run thru the crank dot.

Surprisingly, the first time, it did not. So it was well worth the effort.

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Looks just like when i put in my H/C 5k miles ago.
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