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Kage7

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Beginner Quesiton, Direction to crank engine?
« on: 28 March 2013, 05:12:34 pm »
When cranking the engine by hand, clockwise or anticlockwise?
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Re: Beginner Quesiton, Direction to crank engine?
« Reply #1 on: 28 March 2013, 05:59:23 pm »
With the Alternator cover off and a spanner on the rotor bolt it is anticlockwise
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Re: Beginner Quesiton, Direction to crank engine?
« Reply #2 on: 28 March 2013, 06:01:32 pm »
I may be misunderstanding the question, but from the front sprocket, looking at it. It must turn anti clockwise to drive the bike forwards?
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Kage7

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Re: Beginner Quesiton, Direction to crank engine?
« Reply #3 on: 28 March 2013, 06:42:17 pm »
Good, makes sense, is there any harm in doing it clockwise?
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Re: Beginner Quesiton, Direction to crank engine?
« Reply #4 on: 28 March 2013, 07:30:00 pm »
Quote from: Kage7 on 28 March 2013, 06:42:17 pm
Good, makes sense, is there any harm in doing it clockwise?
Probably not. Potentially it could damage the cam chain tensioner guide, normally that would be on the low tension side of the chain. If you're making checks of valve timing, you could get misleading results if the engine has been turned the wrong way though it's unlikely backlash in the system would be that bad.
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