Hints & Tips: Valve Adjustment: Difference between revisions

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[[Category:Engine]]

~~The idea for this page was to copy every viable tip posted on the forum concerning valve adjustment and hope that some of them would be of use. Follow the ones that work for you.~~

==How to mess up your valve adjustment==

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==General tips==

*Make sure you know which ones are the exhaust and intake valves and the specs for each. '''Hint''': The exhaust valves are the ones closest to the exhaust header; there are four of them. The intake valves are closest to the airbox; there four of these, too.

*Make sure you know which ones are the exhaust and which the intake valves and the specs for each. '''Hint''': The exhaust valves are the ones closest to the exhaust header; there are four of them. The intake valves are closest to the airbox; there are four of these, too.

*Don't drop one of the spark plug gaskets in the engine. In the pictures those gaskets just sit there all nice and pretty. They have been known to stick to the valve cover then fall off, or find other ways of getting into the engine. Be careful.

*You have to unbolt and remove the left-hand coil, but it isn't necessary to drill the spot weld to remove the brackets. The cover is no harder to get out with the brackets left in place than with the brackets removed. Removing the bracket will make a tiny bit more room for your hands to get in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it done, while another says he almost pulled the bike over on top of him doing that. Drilling is the safer option.

*You have to unbolt and remove the left-hand coil, but it isn't necessary to drill the spot weld to remove the brackets. The cover is no harder to get out with the brackets left in place than with the brackets removed. Removing the bracket ''will'' make a tiny bit more room for your hands to get in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it done, while another says he almost pulled the bike over on top of him doing that. Drilling is the safer option.

==Moving the radiator==

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 [[Category:Engine]]
-The idea for this page was to copy every viable tip posted on the forum concerning valve adjustment and hope that some of them would be of use. Follow the ones that work for you.
 ==How to mess up your valve adjustment==
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 ==General tips==
-*Make sure you know which ones are the exhaust and intake valves and the specs for each. '''Hint''': The exhaust valves are the ones closest to the exhaust header; there are four of them. The intake valves are closest to the airbox; there four of these, too.
+*Make sure you know which ones are the exhaust and which the intake valves and the specs for each. '''Hint''': The exhaust valves are the ones closest to the exhaust header; there are four of them. The intake valves are closest to the airbox; there are four of these, too.
 *Don't drop one of the spark plug gaskets in the engine. In the pictures those gaskets just sit there all nice and pretty. They have been known to stick to the valve cover then fall off, or find other ways of getting into the engine. Be careful.
-*You have to unbolt and remove the left-hand coil, but it isn't necessary to drill the spot weld to remove the brackets. The cover is no harder to get out with the brackets left in place than with the brackets removed. Removing the bracket will make a tiny bit more room for your hands to get in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it done, while another says he almost pulled the bike over on top of him doing that. Drilling is the safer option.
+*You have to unbolt and remove the left-hand coil, but it isn't necessary to drill the spot weld to remove the brackets. The cover is no harder to get out with the brackets left in place than with the brackets removed. Removing the bracket ''will'' make a tiny bit more room for your hands to get in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it done, while another says he almost pulled the bike over on top of him doing that. Drilling is the safer option.
 ==Moving the radiator==