Every single one was too tight. I went with .004 and .006. I don't think they had a gap at all. My big ole hand is all red and sore now from the front ones. I got the back intake valve from the left, all the other one on cylinder #2, I got from the right. Had to cut the zip tie to flatten out the wire harness. It'll be easier next time but I'm not looking forward to it. I got the TDC marks parallel OK, and fine tuned that by centering the #1 and #2 marks in the sensor hole. I'm glad I didn't put this off.
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You can set proper valve lash with the heads removed sitting on the bench.... Can-am manual explains useing the crank.. As that is the most effective way to turn the engine over... And to set actual timing of the engine when disasbled. Do it how ever you guys feel... Either way you do it, your only lining up the cam in the proper position.. That is it!
I agree here, with a mechanical lifter/cam setup you can do this on the bench! Your cam gear is mounted...to the cam. So if your reading your cam gears marking correctly you will be at the proper position to perform your lash adjustments.
It doesn't matter what the crank or chains are doing as they don't even need to be there. However if you TDC your Cam Gears and there "is" an alignment problem with the lower end...well you've got a problem as your OUT OF TIME. You'll see this all the time with cars and timing belts, This is exactly how you find out if you DID IT WRONG. You line up your cams, lock em and check your bottom end. If you can't line up your cams (Your a tooth off on either the exhaust or intake) If you can't line up the crank (Your off on the crank) and so on.
TDC your cam gears, lock em perform your lash and your outta there. Theres nothing specific to Can Am here just engine knowledge in general. (With regards to OHC's anyways) :tools1:
It doesn't matter what the crank or chains are doing as they don't even need to be there. However if you TDC your Cam Gears and there "is" an alignment problem with the lower end...well you've got a problem as your OUT OF TIME. You'll see this all the time with cars and timing belts, This is exactly how you find out if you DID IT WRONG. You line up your cams, lock em and check your bottom end. If you can't line up your cams (Your a tooth off on either the exhaust or intake) If you can't line up the crank (Your off on the crank) and so on.
TDC your cam gears, lock em perform your lash and your outta there. Theres nothing specific to Can Am here just engine knowledge in general. (With regards to OHC's anyways) :tools1:
Pull plugs, rise Cyl one to TDC, verify cam gear for fine tune and set...repeat for bank 2....DONE
this is being way over thought
you can use the cam gear position only to set valves, the reason can am has you use the crank position sensor is simple, to verify timing while your in there
thats it
this is the most simple machine to set valves on, like I said in an earilier post, there is close to a 30 degree window that they can be set in, and motor does not have to be at tdc, it can be on the bottom coming up on a compression stroke
you can use the cam gear position only to set valves, the reason can am has you use the crank position sensor is simple, to verify timing while your in there
thats it
this is the most simple machine to set valves on, like I said in an earilier post, there is close to a 30 degree window that they can be set in, and motor does not have to be at tdc, it can be on the bottom coming up on a compression stroke
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