awa355 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Has anyone done their own valve clearances? I had bought my bike with 12,100 miles on the clock, At 17,000 I had done all the basic serviceing, not knowing when the previous owner had done the work. Valves were one job I didn't want to tackle, after reading that the fuel system had to come off. I strip the tank, false head covers etc off myself. My mobile mechanic called in and he checked the valve clearances They were within the tolerances, . so no adjustments were necassary. Mechanic said if adjustments were needed, then we would've had to remove the carbs, Has anyone had to remove the carbs as part of serviceing the valves? Also, what mileage do you do the valve checks? And if I ever find the slope eyed bastard that designed those plastic "chromed" head covers that sit between the frame and engine,!!! i'll shove his head through the same space he left for me to remove them. What ever happened to simple home maitainance?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttaskmaster Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I don't recall having to remove the carbs for valve clearances... just the damn annoying plasti-chrome things! Anything that makes more space for access will make it easier, though. I heard that it's fairly easy to unbolt and drop the engine out instead, which means lots of space topside. BTW, this *is* simple home maintenance. Just on an old bike with some 'challenging' design features!! The other version involves taking your bike to a pro garage and watching while they plug it into a computer and start doing things with specialist software over a "3G comnet Telnet wireless CGI 440 connection to LAN 91 CDM Power Commander interface running 820 megabytes of DPI down an unobtainium adamantium alloy cable", before they can even adjust the frickin' wing mirror!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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