sheppeydave 0 Posted February 23, 2014 In the process of doing my head gasket and need a little help timing the camshafts what is the best way I know the two dots should be parallel I can put the exhaust cam in fine but the inlet hits the tappers and you can't turn it what is the best way without breaking a camshaft retainer??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted February 23, 2014 Line the cams up with the chain on out of the head, then place in the head, out of alignment if that's easier with the tappets, add the cam caps making sure you do them gradually and without putting pressure on one part of a cam and finally turn the exhaust cam clockwise by the pulley bolt to get aligned as best you can given the cam profiles. Once the cambelt is on you can rotate the engine to check the timing mark positions, if necessary get someone to help check the marks as you turn it over on the crank pulley as it rarely settles bang on the marks because of the cam profiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
