I hate that I have to post this, but I think I may have gotten in over my head... I'm right at 26k and checked my valve clearances this weekend. Unfortunately every exhaust valve was just a little too tight and out of spec.
I marked both cams and the chain and zip tied the intake cam to the chain in two spots before removing the CCT and cam caps. Pulled the exhaust cam completely out but left the intake cam zip tied in place. Reassembly was drama free (I thought) -- cams reinstalled, paint marks lined up on the exhaust cam, CCT deployed and there's no slack in the chain.
So I remove the zip ties on the intake cam and go to rotate the motor by hand. All good for one complete rotation, but about 45 degrees after that it stops cold. Crap.
Any ideas what could be happening? My paint marks all line up, I really don't see how it could be out of time. I did not secure the bottom of the chain against the crank sprocket, could it have skipped there? The guide at the crank doesn't look like it would allow it to skip down there.
It stops in exactly the same spot forward and backward and stops dead.
I'm going to start retracing my steps and see what I can find out but any help or troubleshooting tips would be HUGELY appreciated.
trey
I marked both cams and the chain and zip tied the intake cam to the chain in two spots before removing the CCT and cam caps. Pulled the exhaust cam completely out but left the intake cam zip tied in place. Reassembly was drama free (I thought) -- cams reinstalled, paint marks lined up on the exhaust cam, CCT deployed and there's no slack in the chain.
So I remove the zip ties on the intake cam and go to rotate the motor by hand. All good for one complete rotation, but about 45 degrees after that it stops cold. Crap.
Any ideas what could be happening? My paint marks all line up, I really don't see how it could be out of time. I did not secure the bottom of the chain against the crank sprocket, could it have skipped there? The guide at the crank doesn't look like it would allow it to skip down there.
It stops in exactly the same spot forward and backward and stops dead.
I'm going to start retracing my steps and see what I can find out but any help or troubleshooting tips would be HUGELY appreciated.
trey