Yamaha VMAX 2009 Service Manual page 294

Intake camshaft gear bolt
24 Nm (2.4 m·kgf, 17 ft·lbf)
TIP
• Install the camshaft gear onto the left side of
the camshaft.
• Install the camshaft gear so that the bolt hole
next to the "R" mark "a" is aligned with the bolt
hole on the camshaft.
• While holding the camshaft gear with the rotor
holding tool "2", tighten the camshaft gear
bolts.
Rotor holding tool
90890-01235
Universal magneto & rotor holder
YU-01235
a
2
2. Install:
• Intake camshaft sprocket "1"
Intake camshaft sprocket bolt
24 Nm (2.4 m·kgf, 17 ft·lbf)
TIP
• Install the camshaft sprocket so that the bolt
hole next to the "R" mark "a" is aligned with the
bolt hole on the camshaft.
• While holding the camshaft sprocket with the
rotor holding tool "2", tighten the camshaft
sprocket bolts.
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3. Find:
• Rear cylinders-intake camshaft installation
position
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a. Make sure that piston #2 is at TDC.
b. Turn the crankshaft about a turn and 1/4 (462
degrees) counterclockwise until the "R" mark
"a" on the generator rotor is aligned with the
stationary pointer "b" on the generator cover.
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4. Install:
• Intake camshaft "1"
(with the camshaft gear and camshaft
sprocket)
• Timing chain
• Intake camshaft caps "2"
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Rotor holding tool
90890-01235
Universal magneto & rotor holder
YU-01235
2
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b a
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CAMSHAFTS
a
1
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