Cylinder Head Cover Installation - Honda TRX500FM Service Manual

INSTALLATION
Clean the mating surfaces of Ihe head cover and
cylinder head, being careful nollo damage them.
Install the push rods [1J onlo the cam followers.
Make sure the piston is TDC (Top Dead Center) on the
compression stroke
by
checking the push rod
height
If the exhaust side push rod height is high. rolate the
crankshaft clockwise one fuiliurn and align
the "r
mark
with the index mark again.
Install the two dowel pins 111 and a new gasket [2].
Rest the push rods onto the gasket grooves [31 as
shown.
Apply engine oil to the rocker arm followers and
adjusting screw lips, and install the cylinder head cover
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Make sure there is no clearance al the mating surface
of the cylinder head and cover.
Install the eight bolls (2) and tighten them in a
crisscross pattern in several sleps.
Tighten the rocker arm shaft retaining bolts [3J securely.
Adjust the valve clearance (page 3-9).
Be
careful not to
Install the heat guard plate [1] onto the frame .
damage the fuel
feed
hose.
Route the hoses, cables and wires into the Clamps of
the heat guard plate properly (page 1-23).
Install the trim dip
12).
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