Valve Job

BISavage

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Since the last time I have checked the valves and they were near the tolerance I was sure they would need adjustment this time.

So I picked up in advance some orange boxes from companies that start with M.

Pretty straight forward, the valve clearances were all out of spec, and were all 0.06 mm less than 15000 km before.

4 hours.

Couple tips from this time:
1. Tie wrap the front brake lever to keep it from rolling away.
2. Tie wrap the timing chain to keep it from falling inside the engine.
3. For those who own a rekluse, unclip the lower end of the clutch cable and you wont have to readjust your lever 🤦‍♂️

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On a side note, I learned the hard way why not attempt to reuse a valve cover gasket again.
 
It looks like the exhaust cam has a compression release system. Didn't know that.

And I learned that a shim kit can cause cancer and reproductive harm. Who'd have guessed that? :)
 
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