will i just laid my cams in the head and put the gears on and they look off alot. is this how they are suppose to be?

camshafts are put in with woodroof slot on the cam pointing up. if you look at the cam gears they arent lined up right.. any ideas?

 

they both need to be rotated forward slightly

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SecretAgent &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they both need to be rotated forward slightly</TD></TR></TABLE>

arent the 2 dots suppose to line up with one another?

 

yes but your cams arent angled right...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by imola-red dc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">arent the 2 dots suppose to line up with one another?</TD></TR></TABLE>

So grab on to the gears and turn them. wow.

 

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So grab on to the gears and turn them. wow.
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Amazing.

I hope you're not installing this yourself.

 

does it even really matter at this point since the head is not even ready to be put on the block yet?

But yes, just grab the cam gears and rotate them both forward slightly and line up the dots.

 

i would sell those 3 bolt cam gears to some ricer and buy a set of at least 4 or the newer 6 bolt gears

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Erik95LS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does it even really matter at this point since the head is not even ready to be put on the block yet?

But yes, just grab the cam gears and rotate them both forward slightly and line up the dots.</TD></TR></TABLE>

even though heads not installed or even the cams, im just checking the alignment of the gears before i actually use them.

from my past experience, with the cams woodruff slot pointing directly up, the 2 dots should line up with one another.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by imola-red dc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">from my past experience, with the cams woodruff slot pointing directly up, the 2 dots should line up with one another.</TD></TR></TABLE>

They're not pointing directly up.

 

If that is what is bugging you slap on the fac gears and see what they show. If not wait till you put the head back on and are going to put it in time. You are playing with the laws of gravity their. It is not going to look right until you are setting in time.

 

get it put together and then line them up correctly

 

thanks for all that replied. i guess i just wanted to make sure, before i decide to use them.

 

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Amazing.

I hope you're not installing this yourself.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think he can handle it himself, just look at all he has done so far

https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1

 

Once the head is on the block, you will be able to correct that small offset in alignment by slightly rotating the gear when installing the belt.

-Brandon

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 110 South &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Once the head is on the block, you will be able to correct that small offset in alignment by slightly rotating the gear when installing the belt.

-Brandon</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i was kinda thinking the same thing...

 

What happened to your car's progress thread?

 

Put the cam caps on first, that will help alot. When the crank pulley is at TDC, thats when the marks on the cam gears need to be perfect. For now they can be off a little.