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Offline Phoenix

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Lost in Seatle
« on: July 25, 2015, 12:07:06 PM »
Had a melted piston and went with the Cruisin 836 kit.  Got he head on and torqued.  Put on the towers and went to install the cam .  I don't have enough slack to get it mounted.  I can spin the chain with a little resistance so am wondering if it could have come off the crank.  I didn't think that was possible.  I also thought it might have been affected by the tensioner.  In a previous thread, it said if you screw it in, it gives more slack.  Looking at it I can't see that is the case.  If it came off the crank, is it possible to get it on with the head in place?  I love working on this bike but would much more like to ride it.  Thanks for any tips or encouragement.
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Re: Lost in Seatle
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2015, 01:23:11 PM »
When installing the cam the tensioner assembly should be removed.....and its a pretty tight fit, its more of a finesse to get it together
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Re: Lost in Seatle
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2015, 01:42:48 PM »
Theres an order to the install...if reversed, its too tight and the chain and sprocket wont jump up on the camshaft.   Let me look for my thread where i worked thru this.
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Re: Lost in Seatle
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2015, 01:56:13 PM »
Cant find it.   Sorry.
As you slide your cam in, you either go under the chain first, and then thru the sprocket, or vice versa.  One works the other doesnt.
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Re: Lost in Seatle
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2015, 02:07:06 PM »
I cant remember the exact process either sorry.....haven't done it in 30 years. But I believe that I slide the cam in with the sprocket loose carefully and then put the chain on the sprocket and attached it to the cam.
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Re: Lost in Seatle
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2015, 02:30:05 PM »
Install the chain then the sprocket. It won't work any other way.
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Re: Lost in Seatle
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2015, 09:05:00 PM »
Thanks for all the responses.  I just got it in. Chain first then sprocket and it went right in.
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