2005 Yamaha Grizzly timing repair

[darnellj]

I can't time my 2005 Yamaha grizzly for the life of me, can anyone please help me?

[Mech]

You mean the cam timing ?

If it always seem to be a half tooth out, you need to move the crank one tooth which equals a half tooth of cam movement.

Put the crank on it's mark, and take hold of the timing chain at the top  next to the cam sprockets mark. If it doesn't have a mark at the top, use a marker and put one there. Holding the chain by one link, by themark, slip the sprocket down and out of he chain, then holding the chain up tight, rotate the crank till one link slips through your fingers. Now lift the cam sprocket back up into position and line that link you are holding up with the mark on the cam sprocket. Now when you rotate the crank back the other way by one links worth of movement to line up it's timing marks, you will rotate the cam by a half a tooth, and things will all line up.

[Gwbarm]

If you have not done anything erratic to the engine lately it should not be out of time, the CDI box controls advance and retard timing to some degree I would do a simple OHM reading check to make sure its in spec. that should be listed in the repair manual.