Honda VFR800F 2014 Service Manual page 196

CYLINDER HEADruALVES
CAMSHAFT OIL CLEARANCE
Tighten the bolts
by
stafting from
the
dowel pin posltions.
Wipe any
oil from the
journals
of the
camshaft, cylinder
head, and camshaft holders.
lnstall
the
intake
and
exhaust camshafts
onto
the
cylinder
head.
Lay a strip
of plastigauge [1]
lengthwise on top of
each
camshaft journal.
NOTE:
.
Do not rotate the camshaft
during
inspection.
lnstall the camshaft holders
A and
B (page
10-13).
Apply
engine oil to the threads and
seating surfaces of
the camshaft holder bolts [1]
and
install them.
NOTICE
Failure to
tighten the
camshaft holder in a
cflsscross
pattern
may cause the camshaft holder to
break.
From inside to outside tighten the camshaft holder bolts
gradually until the
camshaft holders seats
on
the
cylinder
head.
Tighten the camshaft holder
A
bolts
['1]
in
a
crisscross
pattern
in several steps to the specified torque, then the
camshaft holder B bolts
[2].
TORQUE:
12 N.m
(1.2kgf.m,9 tbf.ft)
Remove the camshaft holders and measure the
width
of each
plastigauge.
The widest
thickness determines
the
oil clearance.
SERVICE LIMIT:
0.10 mm (0.004 in)
When the
service limits are
exceeded, replace
the
camshaft and
recheck the oil clearance.
Replace the
cylinder head and camshaft holders
as
a
set if the
clearance still exceeds
the service limit.
INSTALLATION
lnstall the
WEC
side outer
valve springs with the
tighfly
wound
coils facing the combustion chamber.
Combustion chamber
side
10-12