Starting today, with daylight savings time, aren't you supposed to move the master link one tooth back?
...Does this rivet look flared sufficiently?
#1 stop turning the motor over!
The only way you can be going a tooth different per rotation is if you have a mis-matched cam and crankshaft. Do you know the history of both?
There are 2 different crank/cam pairs early 70-73 have 17/34 sprockets late 74 on are 18/36
Yes a new cam chain will be very tight.
Edit #2 As long as the marks stay aligned the chain moving in relation to the teeth is fine. Gotta go look up the number of chain links.[/QUOTE said:Thanks again Gary. I presume you're mentioning the timing mark in the cam in relation to TDC? I fear that the only way to check that is to turn'r over?
Thank you 5twins... Much appreciated. Probably a good idea to check the lower case bolts too before stuffing this thing back in the frame eh?!Yes, you want to set those 8 large acorn nuts in your pic to about 30. You can stick with the factory specs for all the other smaller bolts. Yes, you will need to do several re-torques in the first few hundred miles. Even one the next day or a few days after the motor has been assembled, and even if it hasn't been run, is good. All the new gaskets really compress. After a couple runs and heat cycles, things will be loose again, requiring another re-torque.