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Originally Posted by kwakchris22
. A closer inspection however revealed that the cog on the crank that runs the camshaft has moved .
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Perhaps the timing chain is off this bottom cog? This happened to me while reassembling the top of the engine - I removed the side cover, after draining the oil (some people say it can be done without draining by leaning the bike to the side) and managed to get the chain back on the cog by a stretch of the fingers, without taking off the flywheel/generator. Before that, I tried to get the chain back on the cog with a long screwdriver down the timing chain "tunnel" but it was jammed in and needed to be moved by hand.
Fortunately, I did not try to start the bike with the chain off it's cog - it was very stiff in turning over by hand with the kickstart, unsurprisingly! - that gave me the clue of what was wrong!
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Dave
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