Newb in need of guidance

[hoki06]

for th gear on the cam.... are you talking about the cam gear or the timing spocket ?

Its the gear that connects the cam to the crank, whatever that one is called.

Unfortunately I have to put this on pause because I'm back down at school until the semester is over. I'll get back into it once I'm home for winter break. But today was a good day with a win over UVA

[mkzmomo]

then you're talking about the timing chain gear... try pulling the upper first abit then the lower one... do that back an forth a couple time it should come off. Its coming out as one unit.