im assembling a 351 and got a trickflow billet steel timing chain.. I went to put it on and the dowel on the cam is not lining up. i thought they would slip right on. is there a trick to it? its almost like its one link short. i doubled checked the part numbers that summit racing sent and they all check out... so is it me or the part? the dowel is only off by like maybe half a dowel. im afraid to try to stretch it on account it may stress the front bearings on the crank and cam and cause premature failure.. so any ideas?

 

Should be tight. If the gears aren't lined up directly, it will look like things don't line up between the crank and cam.