Hi all. It has been a while since I posted here. I sold my trusty GL1500 in august last year an purchased a beautiful F6C Valkyrie. Yesterday, I decided to prepare it for the season, the snow on the roads melting fast.
I did the timing belts since she has 110K Km on her and, being of 2003 vintage.
I am the second owner and the previous one said they had not been done. To my surprise, it looked like the right cam was off by a tooth!! I thought these were interference engines!!! She ran great the way she was. After pondering a while, I decided to rotate the cam before installing the new belt. The old belts looked like new with no more stretch than the new ones and the PO assures me they had only been checked by the dealer and not changed. After turning the crank a few times to verify if everything was ok, I fired her up before buttoning everything and went for a ride. Other than seat of the pants feel, it looks like she is pulling stronger but I cant tell for sure. Has anyone seen Honda making that kind of mistake? Did I make a mistake by lining up the cam mark on the pulley with the one on the casing? The picture shows the uncorrected position. Comments please.
Don
I did the timing belts since she has 110K Km on her and, being of 2003 vintage.
I am the second owner and the previous one said they had not been done. To my surprise, it looked like the right cam was off by a tooth!! I thought these were interference engines!!! She ran great the way she was. After pondering a while, I decided to rotate the cam before installing the new belt. The old belts looked like new with no more stretch than the new ones and the PO assures me they had only been checked by the dealer and not changed. After turning the crank a few times to verify if everything was ok, I fired her up before buttoning everything and went for a ride. Other than seat of the pants feel, it looks like she is pulling stronger but I cant tell for sure. Has anyone seen Honda making that kind of mistake? Did I make a mistake by lining up the cam mark on the pulley with the one on the casing? The picture shows the uncorrected position. Comments please.
Don
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