Note: Keep The Mounting Hardware With The Covers; For Assembly Purposes - Toro 500 EFI Service Manual

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NOTE: Keep the mounting hardware with the covers

for assembly purposes or thread them back into the
head to keep them separated.
2. Remove the twelve cap screws securing the valve
cover to the head.
3. Remove all cap screws except the two top-side cap
screws next to the spark plug. These will keep the
alignment pins in place. Note the two rubber washers
on the remaining cap screws.
4. Remove the valve cover. Account for and note the
orientation of the cylinder head plug. Note the loca-
tion of the two alignment pins.
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CC001D
5. Loosen the cap screw on the end of the tensioner;
then remove the two cap screws securing the ten-
sioner adjuster assembly and remove the assembly.
Account for a gasket.
6. Using an awl, rotate the C-ring in its groove until it is
out of the cylinder head; then remove the C-ring.
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NOTE: Care should be taken not to drop the C-ring
down into the crankcase.
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7. Bend the washer tabs down and remove the two cap
screws securing the sprocket to the camshaft; then
drop the sprocket off the camshaft.
CD206
CD211A
CC009D
CC012D