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Originally Posted by Jmana
If it was off a tooth, wouldn't it have stopped moving?
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The camshaft can be off by one tooth and the engine will still rotate.
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Originally Posted by Jmana
Is there any way to tell if it's off before I put the master link on permanent?
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Yep, put the side plate on and put the tensioner back in and rotate the engine at least two revolutions. Then stop with the marks on the cam tower aligned. Read the crankshaft damper and report back with result. Take a photo and post it if you can't read it.
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Originally Posted by Jmana
Also, I was figuring that once I got the new one in, that it would end up at the same spot on the sprocket as when I began, but it didn't. Instead of the mark on the gear being straight up, it is now pointing to the drivers side of the car. Is that normal? The crank pulley is also not where it began.
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I'm not with you here. With a new chain, there is no "spot" on the sprocket. If the engine moves a few degrees forward, then you'll have a different position for both the cam and crank sprockets.
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Originally Posted by Jmana
Here is another question:
Before I began, I had the cam gear mark lining up with the mark on the tower, and the plastic thing on the crank pulley was about 20 degrees to the right.
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There is a small metal tab, about 15 degrees to the right, that is the crankshaft position tab. You need to read the degree wheel relative to this tab. If you can't read it, or don't understand what to read, you'll need to take a photo and post it.