Kawasaki STX-15F service manual Special Tool TDC Measurement Tool

ENGINE TOP END 6-17

Camshaft, Camshaft Chain

•Remove:

#1 Spark Plug (Front Side)

•Install the piston top detector [A] in the hole of the plug.

Special Tool - TDC Measurement Tool: 57001-1560

•Insert the gauge extender [B] into the detector.

•Using the shaft wrench, turn the crankshaft until the gauge extender reaches its highest point.

Special Tool - Shaft Wrench: 57001-1551

•Remove the extender and install it to the gauge.

•Install the top dead center finder [A] and the gauge [B] with the extender.

Special Tool - Top Dead Center Finder: 57001-402

○Set the gauge at position that the needle on the gauge rotates a few turns.

•Set the gauge to read “0”.

•Turn the crankshaft counterclockwise until the needle will stop fluctuating, then scribe a mark [A] on the coupling at the tip of the wire pointer.

•Turn the crankshaft clockwise until the needle will stop fluctuating, then describe a mark [A] on the coupling at the tip of the wire pointer.

•Turn the crankshaft so that the wire pointer is halfway [A] between the two described marks.

○The crankshaft is now at TDC for #1 and #4 Cylinders.