Camshaft position. Probably one tooth missing.

[PARUS]

If you check manual there is following picture of camshaft positions.

And note about possibility to miss one tooth.

One tooth is 7.5° of camsahft rotatiom and can significant affect valve clearance. I

I have following camshaft position. Question - Am'I missing one tooth ?

IN- inlet



EX - exhaust


Here is video in HD: https://vimeo.com/69370476

[cbr400rrn]

I was told to watch out for the camshaft jumping a tooth when tightening it back up after it has been removed by Graeme France.

[PARUS]

[tanuki]

that looks out to me, I found you had to hold the cam in the correct place very carefully with a screwdriver as you very slowly torque down the cam holders making sure the gears mesh properly.

[petrolhead19]

I found the easiest way to get them aligned properly is put them so there one tooth above the head so then when you tighten them down it leaves room for movement and 9 times out of 10 end up bang on straight with the head