Mounting a degree wheel

I'm no expert on slants. My understanding is, not all of 'em have drilled / tapped cranks. In that case, you'd probably have to mount the wheel to either an adapter to fit the pulley mount, or drill the degree wheel to bolt on in place of the pulley, with appropriate spacer (s)


What he tried to do there is create a sort of clutch, allowing movement of the wheel. This is a waste of time and trouble.

You need to sandwich this all together so the bolt is TIGHT and does not move, so that you can crank the engine, and the wheel doesn't move. Either that, or figure a way to drill the wheel in line with one of the pulley bolts, so you can "key" the wheel.

What I do is to "estimate" where the wheel will be, IE estimate TDC and point TDC on the wheel to wherever your pointer is going to end up. Depending on "what bolt holes" you can use in the water pump, block, head, etc, this is up to you.

I simply bend the pointer. You use the positive stop, and get "both sides" and read those readings. Adjust the pointer by 1/2 the error and check again. It usually takes me 2-3 tries to do this

The LAST thing you want is to "get into the middle of something" and have the pointer, or the wheel, move