Crank Case Pressure and General Running Issues After Resetting Cams

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IDK if you guys have tried this, but I get 2 vice grips and when I get the marks on the belt lined up with the marks on the gears, I clamp the belt to the gears with the vice grips.

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float_6969 wrote:IDK if you guys have tried this, but I get 2 vice grips and when I get the marks on the belt lined up with the marks on the gears, I clamp the belt to the gears with the vice grips.
Werd, I use those big black paperclip thingies.
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Yep butterfly clips FTW!!
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when I get the gears lined up where I want them I stuff a screwdriver behind the gear in front of the backing plate.

wedge those f8ckers in place, then proceed.
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