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CYLINDER HEAD/VALVE/CAMSHAFT
Install a new gasket [1] on the cam chain tensioner lifter
[2] and install them to the cylinder. [2] [6]
Install and tighten the mounting bolts [3]. [3]
Remove the tensioner holder B [4].
Install and tighten the plug [5] with a new sealing
washer [6].

[4] [1] [5]
INSPECTION

Check the cam chain tensioner lifter [1] operation:
– The cam chain tensioner lifter shaft should not go
into the lifter body when it is pushed.
– When it is turned clockwise with the tensioner holder [2]
or a screwdriver [2], the shaft should be pulled into
the lifter body. The shaft should spring out of the
lifter body as soon as the tensioner holder is
released.

[1]
CAMSHAFT

REMOVAL
Remove the rocker arms (page 10-6).
Turn the crankshaft counterclockwise and align the "T2"
mark [1] on the flywheel with the index mark [2] of the
alternator cover.
Make sure that the punch mark [3] on the cam sprocket
align with the upper surface of the cylinder head as
shown.
[1] [2]

[3]
Release the cam chain tension (page 10-8).
[1]
Be careful not to let Loosen the camshaft holder bolts [1] gradually in a
the camshaft holder crisscross pattern in 2 or 3 steps, and remove them.
bolts fall into the Remove the camshaft holders [2] with the dowel pins.
crankcase.

• Do not forcibly remove the dowel pins from the
camshaft holders.

[2]

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