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A tale of two teeth.

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I was installing a cam into an engine, and have found something that has had me scratching. Now you won't believe this, but I actually went to that other forum with all the really knowledgeable experts, and tried to ask about this problem. After looking through their 30,011 categories I decided on one to post it under, but after 6 attempts to post it I gave up.
This is the problem. I have the crank set at the TDC timing mark.


I have the cam set with the notch at the top, and the slash marks going horizontally. However when I install the cam chain, and sprocket I get this.


I moved the cam chain a tooth back, and got this.


Which one is correct? After my failed attempt at asking for advice, I did what I do best, and fixed it!! I pulled that cam out, went into my parts stash, and found another cam. When I put the other cam in, the slash marks lined up perfectly. Guess that cam was defective. However according to the notch on the top, the retarded setting would have been correct on the first cam.
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Thats is strange. Is that the original cam to that engine?
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Not to that particular engine, but it is a Honda cam. I think the marks just got stamped crooked. The bottom picture is how it was supposed to be. The notch in the cam should be at about 11:30 on the clock when the cam is in time.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

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1977 CB 750-A X 4
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1982 Honda XL 80
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On DOHC's if the cam chain is stretched then the stamped marks can be a little off.  I know almost nothing about SOHC's though, so I don't know if this is possible.
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That was way beyond cam chain stretch. With the other cam, the marks lined up perfectly.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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