Moderator drewpy Posted August 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 8, 2013 Doing my valves next week and wondered if anyone has a valve shim tool that they can lend me? looks like this cheers drewps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dt502001 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I'm alittle far away to ship it back and forth ,but I made my own out of a piece of 1/4 in plate steel.Not to hard to make just need torches to heat up the steel to bend it then a bench grinder to shape it. . Before I seen that type of tool I used to roll th motor over till the valve was open then wedge a piece of steel between the cam and lifter bucket edge( sort of looked like a ? so it wouldn't pop back out) then roll the motor over to get the shim out a bit of a PITA but worked. Hope someone closer can help good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPVS TONE Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 They do them here http://www.motoward.co.uk/valve-adjust-tool-p-2054.html and looking at the description they are the Genuine Yamaha ones not the motion pro ones. I,ve ordered a lot of parts from them and they send them out pretty quick. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedshop Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Measure the shims, work out the clearances then take the cam out, its quicker in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted August 9, 2013 Author Moderator Share Posted August 9, 2013 Measure the shims, work out the clearances then take the cam out, its quicker in the long run. yes thats prob a good way to go They do them here http://www.motoward.co.uk/valve-adjust-tool-p-2054.html and looking at the description they are the Genuine Yamaha ones not the motion pro ones. I,ve ordered a lot of parts from them and they send them out pretty quick. Tony they are pretty cheap, but I would only use it the once. I have some thick angle iron here so I could make one too thanks for the ideas guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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