Setting timing
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Setting timing
OK; How many of you guys that set your own timing use that little clear plastic case insert. I have tried to use it several times, and I can't see zip. So, I end up just opening up the hole and let her blow. At least I can see the timing marks that way. I tried using a magic marker to make a mark between the two little marks, but it don't seem to work very well on oiled metal.LOL. When I use to set the timing on cars, I use to use chalk on the mark, and usually the harmonic balancer was painted red or black, which helped a lot. Anybody got a better way of setting timing, or of marking it so you can see it with the plastic plug?
I did just check mine to make sure it was on before I mark the sensor plate location, as I am getting ready to replace the cam brg.
I did just check mine to make sure it was on before I mark the sensor plate location, as I am getting ready to replace the cam brg.
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If you really want to stop messing around with all the oil, check this out. We use these and they are getting harder to find. You put this in the primary and mark the rotor, then time it through the inspection hole. No fuss, no muss period.
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Greetings,
There are at least two types of plastic plugs - a short one that looks like a large screw and a longer one that is threaded almost full length.
Get the longer one.
The secret of the plastic plug (using the longer one) it to screw it in until it just touches the flywheel, then back it out a little so the crank turns but the plug doesn't actually touch the flywheel.
It acts like a scraper and makes the marks easier to see.
There are at least two types of plastic plugs - a short one that looks like a large screw and a longer one that is threaded almost full length.
Get the longer one.
The secret of the plastic plug (using the longer one) it to screw it in until it just touches the flywheel, then back it out a little so the crank turns but the plug doesn't actually touch the flywheel.
It acts like a scraper and makes the marks easier to see.
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I drilled the timing plate and use the pillar bolt as a refernce, works like a charm. Check out this topic for clarity as I;m a terrible explainer, http://www.wildwestcycle.com/f_timingtrick.html In fact I had asked my buddy one day to check my timing ( hes a harley mechanic here ) and he said he uses the timing plate side on the right side where the slot is and uses the crank tdc to make a refernce point , anyway he checked my timing and said it was right on 35.
Last edited by RidemyEVO; 10-25-2010 at 11:03 AM.