Hey all,
I'm going to adjust my valves over Thanksgiving and wanted to buy a shim kit. It seems that the kits come in roughly 1.70 -2.9 and then 3.0 to 3.9.
What sizes should I be expecting to use? Am I just not looking at the correct kits?
I adjusted valves on my Buell and all of them required 2.xx shims. I made the mistake of buying them individually from the Harley store and spent about $60 + wasted half the day getting to the store an back.
If someone has a link to what kit to order and where that would be great. I just looked on Amazon.
Also a link to the valve cover gasket and oil steaming leaky O-ring would be great too.
Thank You.
The thinner kit.
The kit will probably work for you but remember, the kits do not contain all the sizes (there are shims available that are exactly half- way between the shim sizes in the kits) and I believe each kit only contians three of each size; it is possible that you may need more of the same size than the kit will provide.
JakeWilson.com sells shims in half sizes for $1.49 each, I bought 3 each in the half sizes from 2.18 to 2.28 and a couple of extras in the full size in that range. ...
JakeWilson.com sold shims (at that time) in half sizes for $1.49 each, but it looks like current price is now $1.99 a shim....still a pretty good buy for me since the local dealer charges $8.00 a shim and will not exchange sizes.
http://www.jakewilson.com/All-Vehicles/3998/26634/Pro-X-Valve-Shim
Thank you all. Is the consesus that I should just get my measurements and drive to the Concours store? (which is relatively close)
Ordering individually for $2 would be great but this is my daily commuter so it has to be running by Monday. Hopefully the dealers open that weekend.
Thank you all. Is the consesus that I should just get my measurements and drive to the Concours store? (which is relatively close)
Ordering individually for $2 would be great but this is my daily commuter so it has to be running by Monday. Hopefully the dealers open that weekend.
Whos gotta link to the that poor souls valve adjustment fiasco?
Haroldo, a true legend. Home grown and not forgotten. I wonder if he is still researching the poor soul who received his bike without oil?
"If you have to pull cams to change shims you might as well change all of them so each valve is close to the loose edge. "
So the clearance on these engines never goes loose? It only goes tight?
"If you have to pull cams to change shims you might as well change all of them so each valve is close to the loose edge. "
So the clearance on these engines never goes loose? It only goes tight?
Many, many moons ago when the metal hardness was pretty inconsistent and valve adjustments were lock and screw with very small surface areas, the valves could get loose and it was pretty common to hear a ticking sound when they did....but they had to be pretty loose before you could hear the tick. Modern engines have very consistent metal hardness and when using a shim under bucket valve adjustment, have very large contact surfaces, so it is really rare for a valve to loosen and a ticking valve is almost unheard of. Loose valves generally are not considered a serious risk because of the built in early warning system (the tick) but anyone having a valve significantly loosen probably should check the camshaft to see if it is past the service limit and/or there is some other reason it need to be replaced.