Valve Adjustment and Camshaft Removal

[dave]

Thank you for your opinion...but that's not what dave asked for:
"On the CB1100, do the camshaft drive gears need to be removed to allow removal of the camshafts, or can the camshaft drive chain be loosened, and slipped off without removing the gear(s)?"

Dave, here is what may? answer your question, old forum:

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=15893

Thank you very much Peter, exactly what I was looking for.


There is no reason to remove the sprocket on the exhaust cam, ever. Leave it on. The intake sprocket has to come off to remove the cams because Honda didn't see fit to make the timing chain one link longer so the cams could come out whole after taking the chain tension off. Huh This leads to a lot of frustration when re-installing and trying to line everything up for proper timing. Anyway, you don't need to remove the exhaust sprocket.