Valve Mechanism Inspection And Servicing; General Introduction - Carter Talon 150 FX Series Service Manual

• Mount the new dowel pins and gasket on the left crankcase. Then join the right crankcase and
left crankcase together.
• Tighten the crankcase positioning bolts.
Tightening Torque
• Mount the starting driven gear
• Mount the cam chain tensioner
• Mount the new O-ring on the cam chain tensioner bolt.
• Apply some oil on the O-ring.
• Tighten the cam chain tensioner bolt.
The O-ring must be mounted in the groove.

VALVE MECHANISM INSPECTION AND SERVICING

The picture shows the common valve train of a four-stroke engine. This is a kind of overhead valve
train, its intake port, exhaust port, cam shaft are all located in the cylinder head, the valves bottom up
over the combustion chamber.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

The four-stroke engine completes its four stroke with one piston stroke.
• Intake stroke
• Compression stroke
• Expansion stroke
• Exhaust stroke
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