JoHNY wrote: Cover won't actually bolt down with tension and if you force it you'll warp the cover. What's interesting is although I think it makes no odds is once tentioned it pulls both cams out but only very slightly
Seen plenty that have been fully bolted down with the tensioner in situ and it has quickly resulted in damaged tensioners and snapped cam chains also once on, the exhaust cam timing in relation to the crank is not affected. only the inlet cam which is slightly advanced towards it's intended timing figure.
The inlet cam timing is retarded by a few degrees until the cover is bolted on which is why the timing procedure is reliant on the pin count.
That is how Kawasaki designed it.
