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ambmech1 07-12-2013 05:33 PM

Timing gears?
 
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After a year of procrastination I decided its time to put this YS 400 together and replace the broken 350 in my 70 tempest. I picked this engine up about 4 years ago and took it apart to inspect it. Now putting it all back together I see the timing gear for the crank can go on 3 different ways. There are also a bunch of different stampings on the gear so now I'm a little confused. I took this pic and was thinking these are the 2 marks that belong together. I'm thinking if I get #1 at tdc I would install it this way. Any help would be appreciated. Ty.

richardk 07-12-2013 06:25 PM

NO, that's not going to work. Using the keyway on the crank gear you currently have lined up with the dot on the cam gear, (marked with a 0) rotate the crank gear clockwise and line up the other 0 mark with the cam gear dot.

PunchT37 07-12-2013 06:39 PM

What he said. ^^^

goatless 07-12-2013 06:46 PM

If you've got the motor apart go ahead and buy a new timing set! They don't cost that much and you may save yourself a ton of trouble down the road.

And your new set will have instructions. ;)

ambmech1 07-12-2013 07:50 PM

Thanks everyone for the quick replies. Gears and chain are now on. Some date codes on the aftermarket parts installed on this engine are from 1988. The oil filter has a date code of 1990. So approximately 2 years running on a fresh rebuild. Really clean inside. I'm going to install it this weekend and hope for the best.


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