Am I At Top Dead Center

I had to set my bike back to top dead center tonight (77 kz650) and I am not 100% sure I can call the night a success. I lined the 1/4 cylinder mark up on the crankshaft, lined my arrows up at the top, and counted the links. My factory manual says there should be 36 links. Well I was one link off. I bumped it down a link and got what I was looking for. Only problem is that one arrow is buried and the other one is perfectly level now that i have that 36 link gap. At 35 links they were perfect and now it just doesnt seem right. ill post some pictures so you get the idea

Here is where i lined up the camshaft




This side is level





This side is buried





When I split the difference and even them out this is what it looks like on the bottom, its pretty much lined up with the F mark

On my Z1 the exhaust arrow is just slightly below the case. One tooth back it will be too far. The number of pins is the important thing. I don't know about yours but on mine I count starting with the next pit up.
Steve

Yeah I'm sitting at 36 pins and that's following this

You're good to go then.
Steve

Awesome at least thats going right. Now to order some more shims and removed the bolt that snapped when I removed my carb holders. Not looking forward to that at all

You need to soak stubborn bolts and other fasteners with Kroil for a couple days before trying to remove them. You will be surprised at how well it breaks the bond and makes them easier to remove; this stuff really does work! It's a million times better than dealing with broken or stripped fasteners. For Kroil see www.kanolabs.com/google Ed

I will absolutely be getting some of that penetrating oil. This was an absolute nightmare trying to fix. Some good did come of it though

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