valve shim problemmmmmmmmmmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[steve6018@cs.com]

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? also whats up with the numbers on the shims coming in increments of 5. mine were245 and i went down to a 235 which correlated to i hope about 4 thousandths? anyone know about this?