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Originally Posted by Shaun655
In the mechbox.com explained how to time the gears. The gear they say you time has the notch on it to catch the tappet plate. I imagine you would do this so the notch is already against the tappet after assembly to avoid any unnecessary damage to the tappet plate from the gear spinning at full speed before connecting with it.
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It really only applies to the tappet plate, since the gear has knotch that pulls on the tappet plate the gears cant be already pulling on the tappet plate. that's what they mean by timing the gears.
Also it sounds like you have a broken tappet plate and it's jamming up the gears.