If you lost tension at the cam only, there is no need to retime the IP. Only if the chain skips teeth between the IP gear and the crank sprocket would you need to retime. That's where the integrity need to remain...

I got the rocker arms on without slacking off on any of the valves. If you rotate the crank by hand, you can get it so that each set of rocker arms can slide in under the cam.

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