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[Michael_Gannon]

I went to put on my timing belts last night and ran into another snag. I thought that the off center holes on the cam pulley mad it so that you could only put the cam pulley on one way, but it turns out that is not true. Rather than confuse everyone by trying to explain it I've created a little illustration to help. I've highlighted the important parts. The green dot indicates the mark on the pulley that you are suppose to line up with the heads. The red lines represent the position of the keyhole and screw holes in the flange regardless of weather or not they are accessible through the holes in the pulley. The position of the flange remains constant as the pulley is rotated clockwise.

Okay here's the illustration.

[img width=500 height=500]http://www.ducatimonster.org/ImageFolio3_files/gallery/DML_Titanium_Member_Folders/Michael_Gannon/Cam_Pulley_Grid.JPG[/img]

Now notice all the possible positions #2 #3 #5 #8. With positions #5 and #8 the holes are aligned precisely so that if you were to rotate it even the slightest amount either clockwise or counter clockwise at least one of the holes would become unaccessible. One of these two positions is what caused me to first believe that there was only one way these parts would fit together. However, after closer inspection, I realized that this is not true. In fact, there are a number of positions between #2 and #3 that are not show.

So this leaves me with the big question of how do I put this back together? Please help this is the only think holding me back from getting my bike together by this weekend.