Timing Gear Drive

I hope someone can answer this....

I have mine on my motor now sitting on the stand.
The crank gear is not mating flush with the flat shoulder of the crank. There's about .030 of clearance between the back of the gear and the flat crank shoulder which means it's sitting possibly on the chamfer transition into the crank snout. Maybe the chamfer on the back of the gear is not adequate?


Is this what you guys have too? It is in line with the other gears. But like I said, I can get a .030 feeler in between the back of the gear and the crank.

Acceptable? Or no?

Also, it did not just slide on. I did not beat it though or force it. I heated it to 250 degrees in the oven, greased the snout and slid it on until it stopped.

Talk to me!

If anyone has a side view of how it sits on their crank, please share! or at a minimum, look at yours and tell me what you see.