Took out acct put mcct in turned it in by hand .. I think not enough and folled directions w/ purchsase .. to turn over engine i used the tire in gear method .. well my guess is the chain is jammed some how .. dead lock up. can't trust it. Do I disassemble to inspect? Shucks it's way over 15 minutes now. HELP

Stop !!!!!!!!!
Remove cam cover and check valve timing before going any further.
If timing has moved, you probably should remove the head to check the valves.
Neil. :thumbsup: :ride: :ride:

How tight did you turn the adjusterin& did the engine turn over at all or it was locked from the start

in manual it states the chain can lock up if drawn the wrong way. It pretty much locked up right away .. clunk noise then jam. I figured i had to take some parts apart, trying to avoid . Question now is .. I see the numbers on cam gears and the 15 links between in book, but what about the chain and its alignment w/ crank? also do you think it could've realy skipped or is it just jammed on case or something my guess. Thanks ... Ron

There is a "T" mark on the fkywheel, with a line beside it, line this up with the hole in the top of the generator cover.
If you do a search there have been a couple of threads recently on this topic.
Neil. :thumbsup: :ride: :ride:

More explaination on chain lock up, took plug out so was no compresion issue. I had tightened the new mcct fairly tight by hand .. my guess it wasn't enough. Im just guessing the chain is a little jammed but not timing jump. ?? man want to ride not wrench!

Neil , Thanks, the search feature is'nt working right now.. I will wait for a little while longer on readers responses .. but it is looking like I will be up late tonight and so on .. must get working for fri and weekend planned FULL of riding. Thanks ... Ron

Just did mine yesterday per these instructions. Great writeup with detailed pictures. went smooth, hope this helps. :thumbsup:


http://www.thumperta...46&parentpage=5

yah Scag, did what taht post, (great write up w/ picts!) said as far as hand tight but went the extra mile and tried to turn engine like inst. says and thats when all hell broke loose.

Ron, try this thread first here.
And thereare a few more here.
Search seems to working for me, lucky you.
Neil. :thumbsup: :ride: :ride:

Neil and gang, well.. five hours later, and I found out it was a false alarm.. haha better safe than sorry on this one. The tension I had felt was the actual valve springs to valve. the maks all linned up. something no one has mentioned is the fact of 15 splines on chain between the 3 n 2 marks at tdc. I had checked all that, looked good rotated engine a couple of turns seems fine. Din't fire it up yet but am confident she will fire right up. While in there I checked primary nut and loads of other crap while apart. The imediate responses and all the reading I have done on this site for about 11 months gave me much famliararity and confidence to tear her open! Much Thanks ... Ride On ... Ron

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PRDRZ said:

From me as well.
Neil. :thumbsup: :ride: :ride:

Ron Corti said:

Ron, Just stepped in....what was the actual problem? Were you in fact not able to crank the motor by hand after you installed the MCCT? or did you actually attempt to fire with a no go?

Please let us know how it's going. :thinking: