Flat of Shaft looks good to me.  But what do you think?

Sneeze Release Cam installed.  I was able to remove the stock release cam fairly easily with my fingers.  The Sneeze went on there about the way the old one came off.  It went in rather smoothly with my fingers.  I wouldn’t say it’s really tight and I wouldn’t say it is really loose either.  Seemed about right to me, but this is my first rodeo and I have nothing to compare it to.

Photo of the positioning of the cotter pin before I replaced the Release Cam with a Sneeze.

Trying to get a better photo of the spring, but the lighting is bad.

TDC.  The photo angle makes it look like I need to turn about 1/16th inch more.  In person, it's lined up.  I have a paint mark right on my index mark which is nice.  Verified that intake and exhaust rocker arms wiggle a little bit.  I can't get a photo of the exhaust cam lobe with with hole (frame and decomp connector thingy in the way and too dark).

Mike, you mentioned loosening the nuts and valve adjusters a "few turns".  Is that 3 turns?  I've got a nice valve lash right now, and I know it will have to be re-done to the same precision when this all gets wrapped up and put back together again.  

If I'm still considering installing the Web-Cam 466, do I want to back off the adjusters any differently (more)?

ThumperPaul wrote on 12/17/23 at 11:01:56:

yes, yes.

Thumper just a heads up regarding TDC and the came lobe hole -- it's the exhaust cam lobe but you are looking for the hole on that lobe from the intake valve window not the exhaust valve window. The way you worded it made it sound like you are looking in from the exhaust side (you mentioned the solenoid being in the way) but you should be looking at the other side based on what DBM posted unless I'm incorrect here.

If you check his pictures you can see that the cam chain is on the right, if he was looking at the exhaust side it would be on the left.

Dave, thanks for the info on the bullseye.  I never gave that item much thought.  I think I might need to keep an eye on that.
Safety first.

Paul, you said your shifter was wonky because the heat shield was removed.

“I bumped the gear shifter up and down with my hand, but it's all kinda wonky since I removed the right front foot peg, brake assembly, heat shield.”

Removing the right foot peg, brake assembly and heat shield shouldn’t affect your shifter unless you are missing an important bolt.  The left footpeg and shifter assembly are secured to the frame by three bolts.  Two of those bolts are engine mount bolts and they go all the way through both foot peg assemblies, the frame, and the engine.  The third bolt is much shorter, and it only goes through the left side of the frame.  I believe it is there to keep the footpeg assembly and side stand secure even when the engine mount bolts have been removed.  It’s hard to see since it comes from the inside of the left frame tube, and it is well hidden.  You need to make sure that the bolt is in place and tight.  It’s a safety issue.  If that bolt isn’t installed and you loosen up the engine mounts, the motorcycle can fall over.

This is the bolt in question.  The yellow arrow identifies the bolt.