novice valve adjuster - help please!
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2001 1:56 pm
Help please,
I have a 99 (bought new last April) and I have been following
Tom's thread since I also have to do the valve adjustment soon.
I checked the clearances last summer at 500 miles and they were
within 1 ~ 2 thou above the tolerances so I left them alone. I now
have 2000 miles on the bike and want to check the clearances again.
The problem I had was that I could not remove the valve cover! I
tied it up out of the way so I could check the clearances. I could
not get it to clear the plate behind the cam chain. Does anyone have
any advise on removing the valve cover?
Thanks
Ian
--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Tom Vervaeke wrote: > Hello: > > Okay, the shims came in the mail today from Fred (thanks Fred, my > check is on it's way). I got right to it. I cleaned and measured the > new shims. Got them in all the right places. Put the cam caps on. > Torqued the cam caps down to the right value with my new 1/4" Harbor > Freight el-cheapo 20-200 inch pount torque wrench. I then turned the > engine over with my 19mm socket and took another measurement of the > new clearances. Just perfect. I put the valve cover back on and oh- > so-carefully torqued these bolts to spec as well. > > Okay, I'm not stuck a bit on the next step. I'm supposed to put the > cam tensioned bolt, washer, and spring back in. Sounds simple. I wiggle > the spring into place several times until it feels right, then put the > washer over the bolt and put the end of the spring into the bolt. I > then go to screw the bolt in. I just get the feeling that the spring > should be going further into the engine, i.e. just as I'm putting the > bolt threads in place the end of the spring near the bolt is bending > all around. > > Question: Does the end of the spring that goes into the engine need > to be "wiggled" somehow so that it goes inside something? Or, do I > just push it into the hole and then put the washer and bolt on the end > and that's it? I can't see inside the engine but it just doesn't feel > right having the spring bend alot at the end as if the spring is 1" too > long or something. > > On another note, with regards to the balance change adjustment. Is > there an article online somewhere with details on this? Or, must I > look at the horrid KLR service manual? The KLR manual (and the > supplement) > is such a piece of shit. I know Kawasaki can do better as the manual > for my 2000 Kawi ZRX1100 is better than any other manual I have ever > used. Any help on what/how to adjust the balance chain is appreciated. > I want to get all the dirty work done while I'm in there. > > Thanks, > > Tom > > > ===== > ========================================================= > Tom Vervaeke, Colorado, USA |Email: tom_vervaeke@y... > '99 Kawasaki KLR-650, 5.5K |Ph: 719-495-2152 (home) > '96 BMW R1100GS, Black 62.7K|Ph: 719-590-2133 (work) > '00 Kawasaki ZRX1100 Black |Ph: 719-650-4578 (cell/riding) > "My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life" - C Beck > ========================================================= > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/