Ironhead ‘72 Pinion gear question

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Originally Posted by NP72Iron

...I should clarify…the oil hole was not in the correct position when the cam gears were all lined up, thus I needed to remove the pinion gear and line everything up correctly..

You should look at oil pump breather timing and cam timing as 2 separate things. Time the pump first with no cams installed. When that is done you can completely ignore the pump position and install the cams, lining up the cam marks without any regard to pump timing and flywheel advance mark.