Align it with the dot on the crank gear.
the cam gear and the crank gear are dot to dot
Put the crank shaft at TDC. There is a dot on one of the crank gear teeth. It should be pointing toward the cam gear. Put the cam gear on without the chain. Turn the cam until the hole in the cam gear is pointing toward the crank. In other words, the hole in the cam gear and the dot on the crank gear should be in line. Then simply remove cam gear and apply the chain. The computer does the fine timing. Nothing to adjust.
Yes, you just aline the divot on the Cam gear with the dash on the Crank gear. Very easy to do.
The crank gear dot is at 12 oclock when #1 piston is at TDC, Top dead center. Cam gear dot is at 6 oclock. Both dots should be in a stright line over top of each other.
You have 3 engines. I assume you have the largest. This is weird. There is a paint color on the new chain that mates a dot on the cam gear and a color that matches a dot on the crank shaft gear.
The dot on crankshaft at 12 o'clock and dot on cam gear at 6 o'clock the centerline of crankshaft, dots on gears, and centerline of camshaft should all be inline.
You will see a key in the crank. Turn the crank until #1 piston is all the way up in the cylinder. You will see that the key in the crank will be stright up. and when you put the crank gear ( SMALL GEAR ) on, The dot on it will be stright up. Now the cam gear ( BIG GEAR ) bolt it on the cam, and find the dot on it. leave chain off for now. Then take and turn the cam gear until the dot is stright down over top of the crank gear dot. It will be hard to turn, but turn it with something. Now remove the cam gear and put chain and gear back on. Tighten all 3 bolts TIGHT on the cam gear. Now check the 2 dots, They should be stright over top of each other in a stright line. THATS IT. Put it all back together now.
With the #1 piston at TDC ( TOP DEAD CENTER ) The crank gear dot will be at 12o'clock and the cam gear dot will be at 6o'clock. They will have to be stright over top of each other.
Install the crank gear so you can see the dot on it at all times,Then turn the grankshaft until the dot on it is at 12:00 oclock,stright up. Now leave the chain off and install the cam gear the same way with the dot out. After putting all 3 bolts in the gear finger tight turn the cam gear until the dot is stright down at 6:00 O'clock stright over top of the other dot. NOW it is in time. Remove the 3 bolts and gear and then install the timing chain and gear back on being sure that the dot is stright down. While doing this be SURE that neither gear moves / rotates. Tighten the 3 bolts up and then make sure that the 2 dots are stright over top of each other. 12:00 and 6:00
The dot on crank gear should be stright up at 12oclock. Cam gear dot stright down at 6 oclock. Both dots should be stright over top of each other.
NO... The crank gear is at 12oclock with #1 piston at TDC Top dead center means The piston is all the way up in the cylinder on the compression stroke. The cam gear dot should be at 6oclock in a stright line over top of the crank gear dot. STRIGHT OVER TOP OF EACH OTHER.
The crank gear dot should be at 12 o'clock stright up when #1 pistion is all the way to the top of the cylinder. The cam gear dot should be at 6 o'clock stright over top of the crank gear dot. Then put it back together.