HOME PRIMARY CAM DRIVE REMOVAL sm00969 1 TOOL NAME PART NUMBER PRIMARY CHAIN TENSIONER RETAINER HD-43526 3 1. Remove rotor shell and starter limiter gear. See 3.8 CAMSHAFTS, DRIVE CHAINS AND CAMSHAFT TIMING, Camshaft and Secondary Timing Chain Removal . 2. Remove water pump fasteners and cover. 2 3. See Figure 3-30 . Remove water pump housing. Using a soft face hammer, GENTLY tap around edge of housing while exerting outward pressure. 4. Hold crankshaft at TDC and remove the triple sprocket fastener. 1. Primary chain tensioner 2. Retainer 3. Primary chain fixed guide 5. See Figure 3-31 . Retract primary cam chain tensioner (1) and insert PRIMARY CHAIN TENSIONER RETAINER (Part No.
HD-43526) (2). Remove primary cam chain tensioner. Figure 3-31. Primary Chain Tensioner Retainer sm00968 Figure 3-32.Triple Sprocket/Water Pump Shaft PRIMARY CAM DRIVE INSTALLATION TOOL NAME PART NUMBER CRANKSHAFT ROTATING WRENCH HD-45314 PRIMARY CAM CHAIN TENSIONER RETAINER HD-45326 TDC POSITIONING TOOL HD-45653 1. See Figure 3-33 . Install TDC POSITIONING TOOL (Part No. HD-45653) in front spark plug hole. Rotate the front cylinder piston to TDC. Do not allow crankshaft to rotate until assembly is complete. Figure 3-30. Removing Water Pump Housing 2. See Figure 3-34 . Insert water pump shaft through case until flush with case on cam drive side. 3. See Figure 3-35 .
Align timing dot on triple gear with the one on the case. Position triple gear on water pump shaft and drive chain on crankshaft drive gear and push water pump shaft through triple gear. Squeeze drive chain to simulate the chain position with the chain tensioners in place and verify dot alignment. Walk chain around crank- shaft gear to change position if necessary. 3-24 2009 VRSC Service: Engine 6. Remove primary cam chain fixed guide (3). 7. See Figure 3-32. Push triple sprocket/water pump shaft through engine toward the clutch side. 8. Remove triple sprocket and primary cam chain.
NOTE For installation procedure, proceed to 3.8 CAMSHAFTS, DRIVE CHAINS AND CAMSHAFT TIMING, Primary Cam Drive Installation. If doing a complete engine teardown and rebuild procedure, proceed to 3.9 CYLINDER HEAD and follow steps in 3.8 CAMSHAFTS, DRIVE CHAINS AND CAMSHAFT TIMING, sm00979 DRIVE Drive edure, eps in IMING, G, Primary Cam Installation. If doing a complete engine teardown and rebuild proc proceed to 3.9 CYLINDER HEAD and follow st 3.8 CAMSHAFTS, DRIVE CHAINS AND CAMSHAFT T Camshaft and Secondary Timing Chain Removal section.