Honda TRX400EX FOURTRAX 1999, Service Manual

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CYLINDER
Make
a tensioner shaft stopper tool of a thin piece of
steel (0.8 m m thick) using the diagram.
Turn the tensioner shaft clockwise with the stopper
tool to retract the tensioner, then insert the stopper
fully to hold the tensioner in the fully retracted posi-
tion.
Install
a
new gasket onto the cam chain tensioner
lifter.
Install the tensioner lifter onto the cylinder and tighten
the two mounting bolt securely.
Remove the stopper tool from the tensioner lifter.
Coat a new O-ring with oil and install it into the
lifter groove.
Install and tighten the tensioner lifter plug.
TORQUE:
4 (0.4 2.9
Make sure that the index lines on the cam sprocket
with the upper surface of the cylinder head when the
"T" mark on the flywheel is aligned with the index
notch in the left crankcase cover.
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