1st valve adjustment, the saga continues...
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2000 12:35 am
The valve adjustment procedure should be amended to include a line that
says: plug the engine cavity around the cam chain with a clean rag. Do this
immediately after removing the valve cover.
I normally would have plugged the case, but I was going to be extra careful
on my first valve adjustment. A freshly oiled screw slipped through my
fingers and was sucked into a black hole. I spent 20 minutes fishing for
the screw with a magnet. Just as it was about to lift out, it dropped even
further, three hours later, I finally got it out.
Regarding shim exchange: even with an accommodating dealer like yours doing
a free exchange, it isn't worth the gas or time over what Fred sells them
for. You can be sure Fred will send the right ones THE FIRST TIME. At
$3.99 per shim, I would burn more fuel $$ driving to get the right shims.
Measure and call Fred today, install shims the day after tomorrow. Clean,
painless, delivered to your door, in your mailbox - like Santa Claus.
-svt-
98 KLR