Timing gear marks
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Couple problems installing timing chain on my 440. The marks don't exactly line up, the 2 pics show where they are when moved one link off of the other. Also, at tdc the crank mark is a little off.
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Re: Timing gear marks
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Pic one looks right to me, but I degree everything, so I’d know exactly where it was before the timing cover went on.
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Re: Timing gear marks
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find true piston TDC with the piston stop & remark the dampener slit as needed. take those timing gears into your parts house & compare em to another set (not that you would be buying a parts house cheapie but you are comparing dot locations (mistakes happen). Then yes I would degree it. Holler back with any news. EDIT you could count the teeth on the crank sprocket & divide that # into 360 to find the # of degrees that is between the CL of one tooth to the CL of the next tooth to do some guestimation but it would still need to be degreed to see where you are at. MORE EDIT iirc 25 teeth so 14.4 degrees tooth to tooth.
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Re: Timing gear marks
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Ok so I found TDC using the dial indicator by marking it on the degree wheel and going back one revolution and marking at 0 again then dividing by 2 and setting the degree wheel at that number. Then I mocked up my damper and timing tab and found this. Shouldn't it be lined up at zero?
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Re: Timing gear marks
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Are you using a degree wheel with a pointer?
I go farther down than .050 myself, I want there to be pretty swift piston movement, so each degree really shows up on the indicator. I use .200 down, but in theory, if you’re careful it shouldn’t matter.
After you find the split between the two sides, it needs to be verified against the (adjusted to true “zero”) pointer.
I go thru it a couple times to make sure that zero is zero on the wheel.
With the wheel on zero, and without moving the crank, remove the degree wheel and slide the damper on until it catches the key.
That will show you how far you’re off. If it’s more than a couple of degrees........ I’d be figuring out which piece had the big error........ and get rid of it.
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Re: Timing gear marks
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with the degree wheel on I would eyeball the piston as close to TDC as you can guess. zero the dial indicator. On the dampener go back CCW till the needle goes back .100". note the degrees. On the dampener go back CW till the dial goes back to zero then goes down the other way to .100". note the degrees. add the 2 readings & divide in half & move the dampener to that halfway # on the wheel to get you to true TDC. (I hope I didn't miss a step there). Assuming a 7&1/4 dampener, 42 degrees is 2.657" and 92 degrees is 5.821" & you can measure a strip of paper with your calipers then cut it & use it as a flexible ruler around the dampener circumference to confirm those 2 readings. On the 92 degrees see if the keyway slot is that far away around from the TDC slit & not sure on the 42, one end of the strip of paper lined up with the zero of the timing tab, not sure on the other end. Just me I think it is a mismatched timing gear set cuz you cant get dot to dot (if I am reading/seeing this right) no matter what is going on with piston actual TDC showing zero on the tab/slit, that being correct or not. Holler back when you can. EDIT I relooked at the first pic & I was turned around, it appears that if you hand bumped the crank a bit CW that the cam dot would line up dead on
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Re: Timing gear marks
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The problem with the offset crank key is it also moves the cam.
On the dampers I’ve installed where the zero was off a bit, I just make a small notch with a hacksaw in the timing tab that lines up with the zero on the damper. I’ve never had one that was more than 2-3deg off.
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Re: Timing gear marks
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I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with my crank sprocket and possibly the damper, I'm pickingup a new timing chain gear set tomorrow and start over with that. with the degree wheel on I would eyeball the piston as close to TDC as you can guess. zero the dial indicator. On the dampener go back CCW till the needle goes back .100". note the degrees. On the dampener go back CW till the dial goes back to zero then goes down the other way to .100". note the degrees. add the 2 readings & divide in half & move the dampener to that halfway # on the wheel to get you to true TDC. (I hope I didn't miss a step there). Assuming a 7&1/4 dampener, 42 degrees is 2.657" and 92 degrees is 5.821" & you can measure a strip of paper with your calipers then cut it & use it as a flexible ruler around the dampener circumference to confirm those 2 readings. On the 92 degrees see if the keyway slot is that far away around from the TDC slit & not sure on the 42, one end of the strip of paper lined up with the zero of the timing tab, not sure on the other end. Just me I think it is a mismatched timing gear set cuz you cant get dot to dot (if I am reading/seeing this right) no matter what is going on with piston actual TDC showing zero on the tab/slit, that being correct or not. Holler back when you can. EDIT I relooked at the first pic & I was turned around, it appears that if you hand bumped the crank a bit CW that the cam dot would line up dead on
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Re: Timing gear marks
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The timing cover you have is a early one, zero at the top. Do you know if that dampener is the matching dampener for it?(it isn't ) If not then you need one to match it or change the timing cover to match the dampener Your not the first Mopar guy to run into this, that mismatched combination is right at 10 degrees off As far as the timing gear and crank gear marks don't worry about them when degreeing the cam, they won't change once you get the cam timed where you want it, correct Dang them Cloyes timing sets with the bad marks
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Re: Timing gear marks
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I'm picking up a new timing chain gear set tomorrow and start over with that. or at least make a mental note (or write down) for when you get there where the dots are on the old one compared to the new one. What Cab said on the tab, I ain't a big block guy but I thought something was odd about that one!, I coulda swore I had seen some with numbers on both sides. Update us when you can.
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Re: Timing gear marks
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Alright, I would find true TDC with the piston stop tool & make a black sharpie mark on the tab for true zero. If you are all together it'd be the easiest way out. EDIT I forgot that you have already confirmed TDC with the dial indicator
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Re: Timing gear marks
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