Locating dimple on timing gear

[Patrick L.]

Originally Posted by alexiskai

If your camshaft gear is placing the dimple under the timing pin hole at the top of the exhaust stroke, the gear has been installed wrong. The camshaft gear rotates at half the engine speed, so the dimple will only come around to the correct position on the compression stroke.... that's the whole point.

Reread the post.

The man is stating to look at the rotor position.

Strange things happen, but, its darn near impossible to install the cam gear wrong. I say near impossible because some fellas can seem to do anything.