Valve adjustment help

[tondi]

Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum and I really need your help

Yesterday, I made a valve adjust as per service manual (0.002" intake & 0.004" Out). I did follow all the steps on the manual: TDC mark aligned, engine cold and spark plug out, but, the result was a total disaster, my valves are noisier that ever and I'm totally sure I will brake them if I drive like that.

I'm trying to understand what was wrong and my best guess is that I calibrate the valves at the wrong position even if the TDC mark was aligned. There and some clues to try to understand the problem:

1- When I opened the engine, the actual valve adjustment was negative, I mean, there was no gap at all and the valve screw was pushing down the valve. I had to unscrew the valve a lot ( like 3/16") in order start having a gap between the spring and the screw.

2- I could not remove the generator cover cap (Seems to be weld) so I put the motorcycle in 5 gear and I pushed back until the mark was aligned. Was this wrong ? The T mark was perfectly aligned with the crankshaft line and the valves were on top.

3- The valves were on the top position when I calibrate them, Is this how is supposed to be ? I moved the wheel after calibration and I realized that the gap increased when the valves where down, this is pretty weird, I thought that the maximum gap was the one I used as per manual. It is possible that my T mark is not quite in the right place ????

Thank you so much for your time