valve shim problemmmmmmmmmmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2000 7:21 pm
just doin my first routine valve shim adjustment thang..... well
fellow, if it needs a shim replaced hold on to that damn screw on the
sprocket cover.... mine fell down in the motor and i've succesfully
turned a 2 hour job into an all day affair! I had to take off the
engine left side cover which houses the magneto... The damn magnet
hub bolt that goes to the crankshaft was a bear to get off, then the
magnet hub wouldn't budge... looks like they made it to be removed
with a big bolt (sure its metric....Lowes/home depot/napa/nobody has
one that big!) well after carefully inspecting and cursing the
situation/ and a good scotch & water, I beacame aware of a
binding...no doubt on that very lost screw... when i tried to hand
rotate the motor. Good thing i went chasing that screw...could only
image the damage it would of done to a running motor..... Back to
the hub... After rocking the motor back and forth i heard the screw
fall out of the timing chain/sprockets... now i can see it. Came in
the house for some dental floss to hopefully snag it with,.... and
start to put everythang back.
Does anybody know what the caps on the camshaft are torqued too?
Does anybody know what the big nut holding the magneto hub is torqued
too?
Be carefull if you do the same thing... also the kawasaki dealer
charge me 10 bucks for a shim, that looks like a used one.. guess the
dealer recycles them and wonder if he charges their customers with
the price of a new one?