I noticed an oil leak from my valve cover gasket at 95,000 miles. ......
He documented all the valves on paper and found all intake valves well in spec. Only one exhaust valve was out at .005. However, he decided after exhaust cam removal that adjusting all exhaust valves to center was easy enough to do. Seven out of eight exhaust valves and all intake valves were still in spec and this is after 95K. H........
I still find it hard to comprehend going through the tedious and dangerous steps of removing cams and adjusting valves that are in spec just to put them all in the center or loose end of spec.
I base my responses on your post...
95k miles, without ever being inspected, is ludicrous.
And the .005 dimension you noted.... ? Was it out by .005" or was it measured at .005"?
Doesn't matter, its still way out, as the "spec" was long since gone there.....
The "RANGE" of adjustment is a mere .0020" from top to bottom...
That valve ... was wayyyyyyyy out.
The range of acceptable is very narrow, that's why shims are used... because its precise....
So, want to reveal the dimensions he "actually recorded on paper" for us to peruse?