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The NGW Project Bike. Timing belts. Removal/installation

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PLEASE NOTE:

Any reference to Right means 'right' as seen from sitting on the bike
NOT as you see it on the pictures

Any reference to Left means 'left' as seen from sitting on the bike
NOT as you see it on the pictures

The T-1 mark means the T mark on the crank
under witch you'll find a F and the number 1


This thread is for a 77 GL1000





What you need:
..a set of timing belts
part #14400-371-04/14400-371-14 for the early models
(later models 78-79 have different number ...mmmm???)
or alternatively Randakk suggests:
Gates #T274
NAPA #250274
Goodyear Gatorback #40274 (available at AutoZone and others)

..a 12 mm ring spanner with a decent 'offset' (more on that later)
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...and maybe a set of 'tension rollers'
part # 14510-371-008
(they are about 60$ a piece (!!!))


Oh yeah; you need to remove the radiator...well not strictly,
but I wouldn't want to do this job without removing it...no way!




Remove front covers:
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...remove spark plugs (you don't wonna turn the engine with the plugs in position.-)

...remove generator bolt cap
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so you can get in there with your offset 12mm rings spanner.(This is where it needs to be offset)

This is the way the engine/crank will be turned during this procedure.

TURN CLOCKWISE ONLY!
You don't want to loosen that bolt.



...remove timing mark cap
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turn engine as described above until the T-1 mark aligns with
engine block marks (it looks a little 'out' on the photo. It's the angle)

AND (this is important)
the pulley marks aligns with the marks on the engine cover
like here on LEFT side (seen from sitting on bike..remember)
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and

RIGHT side
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....mark this position on the central pulley and engine block

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...now release the tentioner bolts (*)
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and remove the right belt before the left belt as the right belt traps the left(*)
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..when you do that(*)
the right pulley (photo-left)
will 'wander/turn' out of position
when you remove the belt,
as it is 'riding' on cam 'slope'
(witch is under the influence of the valve springs).
Get the left belt on first as that goes being the right.

Don't worry:
one thing you can do to calm your nerves
and keep it in position:

put the new right belt loosely over the pulley (the spanner and zip tie will trap the belt so it has to be on the big pulley before the zip tie) and

...holding the pulley in the CORRECT POSITION (marks aligned)
'strip' a spanner to the frame,
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...do not use the spanner to turn the pulley. Use your hands
...then 'lock' it with the spanner.
(make absolutely sure you did not turn (release) the bolt)


Here's a nifty trick posted by Mooseheadm5 in another thread:

"..one thing that made it super easy
(and reduced the anxiety level quite a bit)
was that I loosened the tappet adjusters all the
way ...... [snip]
... you do not have to fight the
valve springs much, plus the cams do not want to snap
back or forward so you do not necessarily need to
use Octane's zip-tied wrench trick. ...."

Thanks Moosehead
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...release left tensioner bolts as the left belt must be installed first.
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..remove belt

..put on new belt

Check the tensioners or 'tension roller'.
You may think they are 'fine' : they 'roll' and don't make funny sounds?
You wont know until you've had a set of new rollers in your hands:
They should be real 'tight' as a set of new roller bearings...witch I think
they are, in fact.
If they appear 'dry' or make any sounds; re-new and get rid of that high pitched whining sound associated with 'dry' rollers.

..this is how they go in left side (photo-right)
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and the spring attaches
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...pulleys in correct position (both crank pulley and cam pulley)
...belt tight at the bottom
...tension roller loosely attached
(let the spring do the tension. On photo it is not on yet...ooops)
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..check crank marks again
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and check cam pulley marks again
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...attach right tension roller
(goes on like this)
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and put on new belt

...check marks again
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and re-re check crank marks


Now the new belts are on and tensioner roller bolts are not yet
tightened.

Now for 'adjusting' the belt tension:

LEFT side: (right photo-side)

check what mother Honda says: (note This pic not hosted at NGW.)
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NOTE: the spring pressure automatically positions the tensioner
...so no 'extra' pressure' on the tensioner before tightening the
tensioner back plate bolts
!!!


..easy! But how about the RIGHT side with that cam pulley
being forced into a roll by the cam lobe.
Mothership Honda is not telling!

There's been much talk in the forum about how to get the
same tension on the right belt,
and now I've finally found the perfect procedure/explanation
in "Motorcycle Mechanics" magazine from February 1978 (!!!)
I that nerdy....or what?! ho ha

"To tension the right hand..[snip]..the engine should be turned
through 360 degrees and the little arrows on the
cam-wheels should then face inwards
...
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...this is by the way, with the engine once more
positioned at "T1".
(*) You then do the same trick with
the tensioner
(and the spanner as per Honda
but now on the right side ) locking
it up after the spring has done its job
"

Voila!


(*) this might sound a bit confusing
but remember:
it takes 2 revolutions of the crank shaft
for each revolution of the cam shaft.


Now: re-check everything..all marks
Turn the engine by hand a few times ..and re-check.
This is an 'inteference-engine', meaning that if
the belt is few notches off; the valves will hit the top of the pistons!!!!!

You have probably been doing this with the engine cold.
The advise mentioned on Randakks site is to check
and re-adjust when the engine is warm, as it does
expand horizontally warming up.


Here's what Brian experienced:
Briang wrote:....I took off the belt covers to examine
what I had done before. The engine was very warm
and the belts seemed very tight.
Too tight in my estimation and I had not applied
any more tension to the belts than the spring
provided on the roller, just like Octaine says.
Returning here for confirmation of procedures,
I came upon Randakks tip being referenced somewhere.
I then put a wrench on the bolts holding the tensioners,
one side at a time and watched carefully.
Each time I loosened one tensioner
(first the non spring end enough to allow the
plate to rotate and then the spring end)
I visibly saw the cam belt relax, just a bit.
The belt it still tight but it feels much better
than the "singing" tight it seemed before...
Thanks Brian


Do yourself (or future owners) a favor and mark down the
time and km/miles for the belt replacement
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Check/re-adjust valve clearance
and check/re-adjust ignition timing


New belts CAN move the ignition timing a much as a few degrees according to Randakk.




Live happily ever after!




UPDATE:

Roady/Steve has been kind enough to make
this thread into a Pdf, that you can download,
print out and bring with you to our workshop.
Nifty!

Click this:
Download the PDF of "Octane's Timing Belts Procedure"

Thanks a lot Steve.
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Thanks Octane.
Great (as usual).

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THANK YOU! This is the best writeup I have found online. It is so good that I am going to try to do the belts myself and then have my friend check the timing for me (I have never adjusted the timing before).
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any difference with a 76 gl1000?
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Thanks Rat, f4igrad !




Semerm:
any difference with a 76 gl1000?
Nope.
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Octane that is awesome. I love that little trick for the RH belt tension!! It makes so much sense one of us should have come up with it before!!

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I probably wont ever do it myself .... but with those instructions .. i bet i could.

Thank Lars

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Whiskerfish wrote:Octane that is awesome. I love that little trick for the RH belt tension!! It makes so much sense one of us should have come up with it before!!

GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS
Thanks WF.
..yeah, its one of those; "why didn't I come up with that".
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QUEEENlE wrote:I probably wont ever do it myself .... but with those instructions .. i bet i could.

Thank Lars

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Interference engine?

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I am picking up my '77 GL1000 next Saturday, engine history unknown. I'm getting a steal on it and it's from a friend that has kept good care of it, so I'm not too worried.

It does have 46,000 miles on it... probably time for new timing belts. Having blown one on my... um... car, I know it's an important thing to do! Question is, is the GL1000 an interference engine or not? In other words, how screwed am I if a belt breaks before I get to it?
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Screwed ... least thats what i was told.

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Thanks for showing us how it has to be done without worries.

All we have to do now is follow it step by step and it is a job that even I can tackle now.

No need to let someone else do it.

Keep up the good work, I will have to rename you to GL-doctor.....

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