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V Star 1100. Setting valve clearances


Derekm
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I have a Clymer manual for the bike & it says to turn the engine clockwise (looking from nearside) to get TDCs and align timing marks.

Looking on YouTube, the  clip below says to turn anticlockwise. Which is correct please?

 

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It's definitely ANTI  Clockwise the engine runs forwards not backwards.if you turn it clockwise you risk buggering the chain tensioners on the cam chains.

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Yup, go by the manuel not what the ill informed school of you tube teachers say.

Some you tube vids are spot on but a fair few you need to see through the self tought mechanics that like to try and help

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Because there were no early replies, I did it the "hard" way (!). Plugs out, into 3rd and turned rear wheel forwards.

Engine turns clockwise; Clymer is right (unsurprisingly).

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Well done Derek, always best to sort this sort of thing out yourself, as above youtube is ok but not the be all and end all.

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When I first posted the question, I wasn't intending checking the clearances for a few days, hence didn't want to bother with removing plug covers, plugs, jacking up the bike etc..

Not having redone tappets on a bike for 50 years, on my T100 as a teenager, I was trying to get everything sorted in my head in advance!

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