Ok, i think theres a bigger problem , look closly at the front intake cam , its installed 180 degres out. the timing marks should be both pionting downward to get them to line up. But i still dont see a chipped gear
The pic of the gears was how I found it when taking the case off. You can't see the broken tooth in the pic. It's on the #2 cam gear, but on the smaller gear behind the larger one you see in the pic (two gears on that shaft).
This is how the bike came to me:
My buddy (good buddy I trust, in my car club, known him for years) bought the engine and frame that was a "running bike" recently rebuilt before previous owner got a big twin and used the front end and some other stuff of the ironhead. I told him I wanted it if he decided to let go cause I had some money saved and was looking for something just like that. Well, he's building a triumph for next year at Bonneville and has another bike to do after that. So he decided I'd do it right and let me get it.
Here's what I think happened:
Engine was recently rebuilt. Cam bushings were sloppy in the cover causing the broken tooth. Bike stopped working or owner heard calamity noises and took it apart to check. He saw the broken tooth and just slapped the cam gears back in willy nilly and sending it down the line. I guess he thought he could get away with the "running bike" since it looked good otherwise and there was no way to start it since it was just engine in frame (no carb, no oil tank or lines, no gas tank, etc.)
And now I'm fixing it right.
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