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2016 4t not starting after valve clearance adjustment


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I’m often told when riding trials that my 2016 4t is really quite. However, I have always thought that it was a bit “tappety”. 
Anyhow I decided that if I can’t ride it at the moment I might as well check the clearances on the valves. 
So I ran the bike yesterday and left it overnight to cool right off. 
Today I stripped the bike down and took the valve covers off to check the clearances and found that the tappers were really tight! So much so that it took a full turn and a half on the adjustment screw to get the feeler gauges in. 
Any how I went ahead and adjusted to the correct gap and rebuilt the bike. Now the bike won’t start and is really hard to kick over. In fact it’s like trying to kick a 1990’s Honda cr500 over. 
What have I done wrong? 
Any help will be great thanks. 

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It's quite a squeeze to get to the valve adjusters and get a good measurement with a feeler gauge, did you drop the engine forward to gain access?

There is a bolt at the front of the engine that engages with a recess in the crank at TDC.  Did you use this to get to TDC to set the tappets?

I agree rechecking may well resolve the matter.  In addition the engine has an automatic decompresser that works on the valves.  Has this been disturbed inadvertently?

Stuart

 

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Have a look at the manual for the decompresser details.  (It works by keeping one of the valves open until the engine fires)

It has a fine spring that holds it in the correct position for starting.

TDC on the compression stroke has both valves fully closed and, consequently, there is a gap in the tappets.

TDC on the exhaust stroke has the exhaust valves open (depressed).  You should be able to see the valves opening and closing as you rotate the crank.  Use the flywheel nut to turn the engine.  Make sure you turn it in the correct direction to bring it up to TDC.

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2 minutes ago, stu109 said:

Have a look at the manual for the decompresser details.  (It works by keeping one of the valves open until the engine fires)

It has a fine spring that holds it in the correct position for starting.

TDC on the compression stroke has both valves fully closed and, consequently, there is a gap in the tappets.

TDC on the exhaust stroke has the exhaust valves open (depressed).  You should be able to see the valves opening and closing as you rotate the crank.  Use the flywheel nut to turn the engine.  Make sure you turn it in the correct direction to bring it up to TDC.

Thank you for this. 
I will apply everyone’s advice and report back tomorrow 

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Piston rises to top of stroke on compression and exhaust stroke, with spark plug out you can feel the slight pressure on compression by putting thumb over the hole, then align the marks when you know it’s the compression stroke. haven’t adjusted mine so I’m not sure of the timing marks used on beta flywheel. Some decent videos on YouTube of how to do it . Has to be compression as that’s when the intake and exhaust valves are shut. 

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Okay, thank you all for your replies. 
I followed Timdog’s instructions and I am happy to report that the bike now starts no bother and is running great. 
However, I am still not happy with the tappety noise coming from the top end. 
I would much prefer the engine to run much quieter. 
Any advice on what to look for next now that I know the valves are adjusted correctly? 

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Can you post a video so we can here it?  May just be the usual sound of a 4 stoke.  Other people are commenting on the bike's quietness so seems unlikely there is anything particularly unusual about the "tappety noise".

Could just check that the cam chain tensioner is correctly adjusted.

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