by Childs' Play » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:44 pm
Hey Guys,
I've just given a mate a hand fixing up a leaking headgasket on his 1991 GPX250, and tried putting the cams in the way I'm used to on the old Z500 and we keep getting valves collide with pistons when turning the engine over by hand.
The procedure has been:
- Cylinder 1 (left) at TDC (visual & timing mark inspections)
- Exhaust cam goes in first, line up 'EX' marker with head and install cam caps
- Install the intake cam so that 'IN' marker lines up with head once the chain tensioner is installed.
- Turn engine over by hand using the alternator bolt
- Valves collide with pistons.
I'm guessing at the valves colliding, but the crank spins freely with the cams out and the chain held taught by hand. I can't think of any other explanation.
Has anyone got the correct procedure for the specific bike, either in the form of a full PDF base manual (have the PDF supp. manual), or a scan of the relevant pages?
Cheers,
Jon.