06-14-2013, 02:41 AM
Thanks for the write up. I've always adjusted my own valves for screw and lock nut engines, but never shimmed valves. Since the cylinder head is so accessible on this bike, maybe I'll try doing the adjustment on a shimmed engine for the first time with the CB1100.
So just to be sure, when you tie up the cam chain after cam removal, you have to be sure to keep the chain engaged on the lower drive sprocket, since you marked the chain to make it easy to put the cams back correctly.. if the chain slips off for some reason, I assume that the cam sprockets probably have some kind of alignment markings that you can use to get them positioned correctly when the crank is at top dead center. I hope the 'T' mark on the crank is accurate enough (I guess it would be since we use that to know when to measure the clearance to begin with ?)
So just to be sure, when you tie up the cam chain after cam removal, you have to be sure to keep the chain engaged on the lower drive sprocket, since you marked the chain to make it easy to put the cams back correctly.. if the chain slips off for some reason, I assume that the cam sprockets probably have some kind of alignment markings that you can use to get them positioned correctly when the crank is at top dead center. I hope the 'T' mark on the crank is accurate enough (I guess it would be since we use that to know when to measure the clearance to begin with ?)