[Jim Williams]

Mike,

It seems like as long as the cam chain is pulling from the side it is supposed to pull from, and not pushing, the effect should be minimal....... ;^]

dtw,

You're right, the sprockets have some side wear from the chain, just enough to make the sides shiny. Although the engine showed no signs of ever being "apart", there were carrera tensioners added, and the chains had the removeable links. So someone in the past saw a need to replace the chains. I don't know if the wear occurred with the first set of chains, or the second. Anyway the sprockets will get my attention before I decide to use them (or not). I have several good used intermediate shaft assemblies, and may decide to borrow some sprockets from these.

I checked out your website with your 2.4 rebuild from a couple of years ago. Nice storybook, very methodical, I trust all turned out well.