After the head goes on you should install your flywheel cover and gasket, first Installing the starter gear and shaft into its spot.
After the cover is on set the motor to TDC by turning the motor counterclockwise with a 17mm socket on the flywheel bolt and aligning the T mark in the viewing hole. (At this point there is no compression stroke sense the cam is not in so just align the T and your good)
Once your at TDC take your cam sprocket (sprocket only) and put it "into" the timing chain so that the 2 lines are even with the deck of the head then slide your cam/bearings thew and bolt the sprocket to the cam. Once the cam is in make sure your 2 bearing setting pins are in place to.
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your timing is now set. you can now put on your valve cover and bolt it into place, put on your tensioner and check your valve clearance. I did not get any pics of my checking the valve clearance but its very easy. Just put the motor back at TDC this time on the compression stroke and take the timing caps off. The valve clearance per the honda manual is .10 intake and .12 exhaust. You just loosen the lock nut, unscrew the little screw a bit and put the appropriate feeler gauge between the screw and sub rocker and tighten the little screw till there is a little drag on the feeler gauge then tighten the lock nut and double check with the feeler gauge, if there is a little drag on it your done, move on to the next one. When all of them are done you should rotate the motor a couple revolutions and then put it back at TDC and re-check them just to be sure.






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