11-27-2020, 06:34 PM
Sounds perfectly good to me Joe. Not too long ago I did the valve shims on my 1995 Triumph, 6 of 16 needed swapping. Luckily, they were shim over bucket so no camshafts needed to come out but there is no mention of slackening the timing chain for any measurement or replacement procedure and nor would I expect there to be one. It is ludicrous to suggest the chain tensioner and its little spring has any bearing on these clearances compared to the cam journals. I have spotted glaring errors in my 2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 user manual too, not uncommon.