Honda GL1800 Service Manual page 257

CYLINDER HEAD/VALVE
Remove the following:
Left camshaft:
– front lower fairing (page 2-6)
– left horn connectors
– bolt and left horn
– cylinder head cover (page 8-6)
Remove the cam chain tensioner lifter bolt and
Keep some rags
sealing washer.
handy because oil
will drip out of the
left cam chain
tensioner.
Install the special tool into the tensioner body so
the blade of the tool is in the tensioner and the tabs
are just above the slots in the tensioner. (There
should be space between the bottom of the tool
and the tensioner body; do not engage the teeth on
the special tool with the slots in the tensioner
body.)
Turn the tool clockwise until it stops turning (the
tensioner lifter shaft is fully secured with the
special tool).
TOOL:
Tensioner holder B
(without rod and cord)
Remove the timing hole cap.
Rotate the crankshaft counterclockwise and align
the 1.2 TF mark on the ignition pulse generator
rotor with the index mark in the front crankcase
cover.
8-8
HORN
07ZMG-MCAA400
ONNE TORS
OLT AND WASHER
Fully installed:
abs above slots:
BOLT