I've been jacking with my beast for about a month now (actually its been in the past 2 days for about 4hr total) and she finally decided to start to run.

Can these things be 1 tooth off on the camshaft sprocket and still run, just without the proper throttle response??? She will sit and idle, but if you rap her up she doesn't respond to it well. she stays running, but she just doesn't sound right...

Anyone with experiance w/ being 1 tooth off?

~Pip Jones

i've been using a bottle with fuel in it so i didn't have to put the fuel tank on. She is currently VERY bare, without any gaskets, etc. in case i needed to take her back apart. I think I may gasket her up, fill her with oil and put the tank back on.

I am also considering moving her 1 more tooth, just to see since i'm there and see how she does.... if she runs better, we're in time but if she doesn't want to pop-off, i'll take her 1 tooth back and bolt her together.............

I am not having fun btw......

also, she DID have oil in her, she was just leaking w/o the gaskets

yeah i replaced the cam chain and chain tensioner guide. i had a really loud SCREACHING sound coming from the right side just above idle, so i looked at my tensioner and got like 19mm or something rediculous. after replacing the timing components i'm at like 7.5 or 8mm. MUCH BETTER! but i guess i spun the cam or crank w/o realizing it and have been jacking with it TOOTH-BY-TOOTH since then. I've moved it 5 teeth (in the same direction) and finally got some good compression. BUT i don't know if its good enough.....

No i did't have the vac plugged up. and there was no other hole in the bottle, so it would be creating vacuum inside which WOULD hinder fuel flow........

any more ideas?

also, she's torn back apart with the clutch case apart and the head cover of again. sooooo i can't just plug the vac line and poke a hole in the bottle and try again.

My concern wasn't for venting on the fuel bottle,... but if the vac line tap on the carb is not capped off, you will have an intake air leak, making you very lean....

but first,... you need to set the camchain to the right timing...  
I'm sorry I don't remember the alignment protocol offhand...
Some mark is set to 1 o'clock on the top gear right?...
(1 o'clock doesn't sound very precise does it?)...

Versy,... are there any pics on site, of the proper gear alignment?...

Best of luck Pip,... sorry I can't be more helpful... ...

well that would explain why i couldn't find the cam timing marks..... i never took the cap off............. great!

anyhow. I really think i got it. when i went 1 farther it didn't sound right at all..... so i went 1 back. maybe a tank of fuel from petcock instead of a waterbottle of fuel from a vacuum line will make her a little happier.

We'll see!

Thanks for all the help.

Almost time to start her up! I'll let you know how it goes.

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 05/22/10 at 10:00:57:

Oldfeller,... Thanks for that great run through,... I saved the whole thing to my hard drive for future use... ...