Is there a way to turn the engine over by turning the back wheels with the trike jacked up and in gear?
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I'm doing this from memory 'cos it's minus 10 and I'm not going out there to try it, so please correct me if I'm wrong...
If you raise a conventional axle off the ground and turn one wheel, the opposite wheel turns in the opposite direction and nothing happens at the propshaft or belt. So, if you lock the left-hand wheel somehow and turn the right-hand wheel with a long strip of metal (with padding to protect the wheel) you should be in a position to watch the pushrods as you turn the wheel, in gear, plugs out. That's what I did with mine a couple of years ago. As an alternative to removing the chaincase and using an effing long spanner on the compensator nut.
Cheers,
Pete
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