timing

With a stop watch .

berginator said:

any body no how to time 1995 fc 501? i cant figure out what stroke its on

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'timing' could mean 'ignition' or 'cam timing'?

cam timing. you need to find TDC accurately and often owners have marked the flywheel ready for you so look for this. If not you must find it OK? you can use a thing called the dead stop method which means poking something 20mm long and roundheaded into the chamber through the plug hole and stopping the piton dead still one way and then again going the other. make a marker on or near the top ignition cover bolt hole that ia accurate. I used tin snips to make a upside-down teardrop. the halfway distance between your marks is TDC.

because the cam timing is symetrical you just need the cam lobes pointing up at 11 and 1 o clock. they must look even or you are a tooth out one way or t'other.

then turn the engine 360d at the crank and the lobes will be safely pointing down ready to fit the rocker cover.

if you go in the doc you'll see loads of the same stuff for the later models but it all is good for yours. al that is different is that you have the cam chain drive off the crank so no affect really there and the other is that you don't have the same flywheel marks but you, know, as they say....get over it!!!!

regards

Taffy

The Camshaft spins 1 revolution to every crankshafts 2 revolutions. So turn the crankshaft 1 more full 360 degree turn till it is at TDC again and I think the lobes will be at 11 and 1 on the clock.
I need to add a disclaimer here. I have no idea what I am on about on old Husaberg engines. But think that is your problem.