jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
news:1108264400.9c32bd79f4233cd364362a9c5afba2a6@t eranews:


> note: /never/ rotate the crank clockwise.


You can move it clockwise a tiny bit, such as when you're trying to get the
valves just-so in order to adjust them, but rotate it any further than that
and you run the risk of placing all the slack on the long straight run from
crank to cam, and the crank may skip a tooth.

Honda's D17 apparently is the ONLY Honda engine that turns the OTHER way,
so the danger comes when turning the crank COUNTER-clockwise.


>
> check tegger's faq site - think there's a link to some of the service
> manuals that you can download.


The link I think you're thinking of is:
http://www.hondahookup.com/manuals/

It's added to the FAQ now under the "General" category.

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