16th August 2021, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 27litres
If I remember correctly from my casual reading of cam chains on 40V engines, there's a different link count between the left and right bank cam timing marks?
Perhaps when replacing the tensioners the first time the same link count was used on both banks?
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That is indeed the case. 15 for the left side and 16 for the right side, as documented by MJ in post #3 in this very thread.
It does seem strange from a non-mechanic that there should be any difference between sides, so an understandable mistake to make.
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