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Camshaft Timing Check
1. Remove the spark plugs to reduce compression resistance when turning the engine.
2. Remove the crankshaft locking pin plug from the crankcase.
3. At the front of the engine, rotate the crankshaft anticlockwise using the bolt fitted to
the end of the crankshaft until the two gear teeth with an alignment mark on each is
visible and central in the hole for the crankshaft locking pin.
4. Crankshaft primary gear
5. Alignment marks
4. Check that the camshafts alignment marks on the sprocket end of the camshaft are
pointing inwards. If they are pointing outwards, turn the crankshaft anticlockwise 360
degrees until the two gear teeth with an alignment mark on each is visible in the hole
for the crankshaft locking pin.
1. Camshaft alignment marks
2. Exhaust camshaft
3. Inlet camshaft