Necessary Supplies

These are the necessary supplies with a few extras eg fuel filter and auxillary air-valve

Radiator removed

Aircleaner, radiator and fan removed for clearance.

Ancillaries need stripping

Ancillaries on front of motor need to be removed and power steering unit unbolted and laid to one side still connected to pipework.

RH Cam - timing marks aligned

Timing Marks aligned on right hand cam

Left hand cam tower showing ATDC

At the same time left hand cam marks show degree of chain stretch by the fact that they do not align

10 degrees ATDC

Again - at the same time the Crankshaft timing is 10 degrees after TDC. This is the amount of chain stretch(Max 11 degrees TDC

Old slider - new slider

Picture shows old brown slider in position under chain with a new slider sitting on the chain to show the colour difference.

New and old Sprocket and slider

New and old sprcket and slider side by side

Pulling Slider Pins

Probably the most difficult job - pulling the old slider pins - these are very tight and are threaded in the centre to take a metric bolt which is used as a puller.

New chain joined with old masterlink

Old chain is then spilt at the master link and joined with new chain. If the motor still has it's original no-jointed chain it would need to be cut (? using a small grinder on one link). Chain tends to slip on sprocket unless held tightly - vise-grips wor

Feeding in new chain from Box

Chain is fed through until new chain comes through and then joined with new master link. Paper is used to stop any little bits of link from disappearing down the motor

New Chain Link

Completed new chain with more secure type of master link