2003 Vfr800 timing jumped a tooth

[Mike2024]

Hi everyone, I noticed the cam chain was rattling really badly, It has a manual cct at the back, i tried setting the tension whilst turning the engine slowly by hand at the same time but then I did this it was diffucult to turn then almost cracked loose and I assume that was the chain jump and then catch again on the cam sprocket due to being so loose .

I tried starting it after setting cct and  it wouldn't fire up so I checked the timing and found it looks to be out of time by a few teeth, can anyone confirm This before I adjust the timing

[Terry]

You have got the crank in the right spot and I think your intake cam is retarded by one tooth. The RI mark should be parallel to the cam cover gasket surface. For the exhaust cam you can sight through the hole in the frame spar to check it's alignment but it also looks like the chain has skipped forwards by one tooth there too.

 

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