Valve Adjustment & the Shop Manual

["Eric" <ericp@xxxx>]

I have decided to check and adjust my rocker arm clearances, since I 
have this loud rocker ticking. (no, it is not an exhaust leak at the 
gaskets...that was checked)

I grab my trusty shop manual and open to section C:05:02 and :03, 
figures 26 and 27 where Method One is laid out clearly. I interpreted 
the instructions in the chart as: position cylinder 1 so that Intake 
and exhaust rocker arms are "on the rock" or on the peaks, then 
Intake cyl.3 and Exhaust cyl. 2 are in position for adjustment. (and 
so on, for each cylinder)...

Maybe I'm reading the chart wrong, or too literally, but NO cylinder 
can have both intake and exhaust rockers on the peaks at the same 
time for the same cylinder (at least not in a 4-stroke). How is the 
left-most column of the charts interpreted?

Are they actually stating that EITHER intake 1 or Exhaust 1 be on the 
peak - for I3 and E2 to be in position for adjustment? And so on for 
each cylinder?

Eric
Dunedin, FL
ericp@xxxx