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Title: yay, just checked my valves
Post by: Church6360 on March 09, 2006, 03:20:30 PM
just made it home to where my bike is stored, chacked valves last night.

intake left
Gap .102
current shim 2.55
will replace with 2.60

intake right
Gap .102
current shim 2.60
will replace with 2.65

Exhaust left
Gap .178
current shim 2.50
will replace with 2.60

Exhaust right
Gap .178
current shim 2.50
will replace with 2.60

It needs some love.
Title: Re: yay, just checked my valves
Post by: scratch on March 09, 2006, 03:28:23 PM
You only need three new shims; 2x260 and a 265.  You can use the 260 out of the No.2 cyl intake to use on one of the others; do that one first. :thumb:
Title: Re: yay, just checked my valves
Post by: Church6360 on March 09, 2006, 03:51:01 PM
i only had time to check them this time, next time i head home i'll have the shims with me that i need, then i can put it all back together. i miss riding. good call on reusing the 260.  :thumb:
Title: Re: yay, just checked my valves
Post by: Ed89 on March 10, 2006, 01:25:56 AM
Just a suggestion here:  You might want to actually measure the thickness of the current shim instead of trusting the printed numbers (if that was in fact what you were doing).

Cheers,
e.