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SPR:
Morning

1978 CB550K

So decided to check adjust the tappets but wanted to double check I've understood the info before I start

Been watching this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4QcrLbpmqk&list=FLftoUhSxu95e2Wa0_Q1jpnA&index=38&t=0s

So set the timing to 1.4 - see pic below ... have I got this correct ... is the T in the right place or does the mark left of the T need to be in the middle of the mark above it ?

Depending on where in the revolution I am I've got either #1 or #4 tappets loose - both exhaust and inlet

Am I good to go :)

Thanks Simon

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Trigger:
You can't become a expert in 4 minutes by watching a youtube vid  ;D
Line the T mark to 1-4 and set the appropriate tappets and then rotate the crank 360 to the same T mark 1-4 to do the other 4. Forget about the 2-3 mark  ;)

SPR:

--- Quote from: Trigger on April 22, 2020, 09:01:18 AM ---You can't become a expert in 4 minutes by watching a youtube vid  ;D
Line the T mark to 1-4 and set the appropriate tappets and then rotate the crank 360 to the same T mark 1-4 to do the other 4. Forget about the 2-3 mark  ;)

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What's confusing me is that the manual seems to say when at 1-4 so certin tappets as below whereas the youtube vid says the opposite .... I'm a bit of a visual learner but like to check everything :)

So are you saying when at 1-4 I do as below ....

Sorry if I'm sounding dim

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Trigger:
At T 1-4 it will be the O or X on the chart. If it is O and you want X turn the crank 360 degrees and at T 1-4 again to set the other 4  ;)

The manual is wrong, On the chart the in let is the exhaust and the exhaust is the inlet

SPR:

--- Quote from: Trigger on April 22, 2020, 09:12:39 AM ---At T 1-4 it will be the O or X on the chart. If it is O and you want X turn the crank 360 degrees and at T 1-4 again to set the other 4  ;)

The manual is wrong, On the chart the in let is the exhaust and the exhaust is the inlet

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Many thanks !!!

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