Dampner out of wack

Today I found TDC with the degree wheel, I practiced a few times per engine and I can see that doing it this way leaves very little room for error. Every time I tore it down and then re-set it up I got the same end readings versus the few degrees variations every time I tried it with just tape/measuring deal mentioned above.

If anyone would like me to give the procedure here line by line I will do so, just ask. There is alot of info avail on-line but in my opinion alot of it is confusing and most of it dosent seem to quite jive with each other.

There is alot more to it than I had expected.

Long story short the balancer on my 86 restored truck has slipped 3 degrees, ( doing it this way I can say 3 and not 2-3 ish ) the balancer on my parts truck has slipped one degree.

Can someone tell me how much one degree is going to affect my measurements when it finally comes time to degree the cam? I dont know how many thousands of an inch 1 degree =.

The 86 flywheel will be sent to damperdudes, they will re-build it for 107 plus whatever they charge for the powedercoating.

The parts truck balancer I may leave alone if I can get the cam degreed with it still or I may try another spare I have to see if it has spun.


I can load some pictures as well if there is any interest.