the timer comes straight up … do not force it. Apply snake oil of your choice and a little heat. I recall that there is a tensioning screw with a friction plug ,, look for that and loosen. You are not showing the “dog bone” shaped link that goes from the eccentric under side of the flywheel and the pin on the AK timer? do you have it? Some of these were die cast metal and did not survive.
Joe B
