I am trying to replace my timing chain on my Honda foreman...its a 1998 model 400 4x4 ...I ordered this one from ebay TIMING CHAIN HONDA TRX 400FW1995-2003 TRX 400FW1995-2003 TRX 400FW1995-2003 | eBay and when it came in it was a mile to long.... here is the pic the short one was on the engine and the long one is the one I ordered....a factory oem replacement is $164.00 so I realy need to find an aftermarket one that works.... any help would be greatly appreciated ...thanks in adbance...http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/...FDBE0AAA10.jpg

 

in case the ebay link doesnt work here is another one TIMING CHAIN HONDA TRX 400FW1995-2003 TRX 400FW1995-2003 TRX 400FW1995-2003 | eBay

 

Something is out of whack with that ad. It says 400FW but then down below where it lists what it fits, they are all 450's. I'd call them or email them the picture of what you need and what you got. I think the ad is screwed up. Look at this one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HONDA-CAM-CH...-/160665679519

It looks shorter. I count 29 links in yours and this one.

 

I thought the same thing but then started searching ebay....I saw where others had chains for the same year foremans... some ads said 54 teeth timing chain while others said cam chain....is there a difference ??? cam chain timing chain??? theres only one chain in the motor that I am aware of so thats why I thought I would ask.... just curious if anyone has run across this problem in the past ...

 

Cam chain and timing chain are the same thing as far as I know.

 

OK we got this figured out...The seller on ebay accidentally sent me a chain for a 400 ex ....bummer :-( ...he is making it right by refunding and paying to ship back to him but I have a VERY!!!! disassembled Foreman in my garage... I ordered another chain and now waiting for it to come in... another question... DOes anyone know the procedure to line the cam and crank back up....I got alot of shifting while taking it all apart....I see the cam gear had a dot that goes toward the top but where should the main shaft be when I attach the chain? Thanks in advance for any help....

 

Best I can tell by the book it says to have the T in the site window then the dot on the cam gear toward the top....Now what about that T??? isnt there a T for intake and the same T for exhaust stroke....How do you know which is which before the head is installed???

 

I'll let someone else answer this for sure but I would think that it doesn't matter at this point because what you are doing is putting the piston at TDC and at the same time, putting the cam where it belongs (the dot) which should put both valves closed, making it TDC on the compression stroke.

 

That makes sense and thats exactly what I was thinking but just wanted clarification to be sure....waiting on parts to come in so no hurry.....thanks for the input....