Turning engine over while the trike is on jack.

[sandrooney]

Is there a way to turn the engine over by turning the back wheels with the trike jacked up and in gear?

[rhino 2]

Yes... But why???

[Shriner Jim]

If you must, put the tranny in high gear, pull the spark plugs and turn away.

[skuuter]

Yep....unless You have some kind of Automatic Trans equipped Trike.....and, just curious..."WHY...???" .....

[tom w]

I'm not the O.P. but I needed to turn the motor over when trying to find tdc when setting the push rods. tried jacking it up but it didn't work. I ended up pulling the plugs, putting it in gear and pushing it forward till I got the right spot.

[sandrooney]

Exactly what I had to do tom and for the same reason. I was just wondering if there was a way I wasn't seeing. I could turn it over by pulling the belt but couldn't see the pushrods for overlap and base circle . Thanks

[panheadpete]

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

[msocko3]

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

You have to have the opposite wheel held or the engine won't be turned over, just got done doing this dance this afternoon, I had my dad hold the left side so I could turn the engine over. I'm re-doing the top end on my dads 09.