I was reading the post on the timing ring being advanced. I first want to make sure I'm measurung mine correctly. You need to hold a strait edge from the edge of the keyway to the timing mark on the balancer. If the edge of the tab on the timing ring doesn't lineup it has moved. If this is correct mine has moved. Now how do I remove it with out bending it.
Ken
87 GN
Ken -
First off, I would suggest checking the timing with a timing light as I described in my post before moving anything. While that's not what I did, it's still a lot safer than having to go back later and undo what you did! Since my engine was already in pieces, I decided to take the risk, but I thought about it long and hard...
Secondly, when I was looking at the edge of the ring in relation to the 0 deg mark, I wasn't using the keyway in the balancer as a reference point, though I can see how you might think that from the picture. I was just trying to get a reference line from the centerline of the balancer to the 0 deg mark and see how that compared to the edge of the ring. I also took into account the fact that I found my 0 deg mark to be ~1.5 deg off when I checked it with a piston stop while degreeing a cam, so when I reinstalled the timing ring I did not line it up exactly with the TDC mark, I lined it up where I had determined TDC to actually be.
As for how I got the timing ring off without bending it, I don't really recall! I think I did bend it a little, but when I reinstalled it I made sure it was all bent back and level. I know I tweaked it some on reinstallation, I remember checking to make sure all the edges were parallel to the balancer.
John