did my valve adjustment sunday. might have one going bad..?

[flsts5938]

Is anyone running this combination? I just put the IMS tank on my KLR and there is a gap of about 1 inch between the tank and the top of the seat. Is this normal? Thanks Steve

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:27 AM, flsts5938 wrote:

> Is anyone running this combination? I just put the IMS tank on my KLR > and there is a gap of about 1 inch between the tank and the top of the > seat. Is this normal?

Not yet, but I will be soon. Eric Green runs this combo, and he's seen a lot of folks fail to get the seat tab underneath the tank bracket at the back of the tank, leading to an excessive gap like you're seeing. It should be a pretty snug fit between the IMS tank and the Corbin flat. -- Blake Sobiloff http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/> http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/> San Jose, CA (USA)

[Spike55]

I had to spray WD-40 on the Corbin Flat seat tab for it to slide properly under the bracket for the tank. Corbin could ease-up a bit on that front tab. Not readily apparent what is going wrong when it's not working out as planned. Don R100, A6F --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Blake Sobiloff wrote:

> > On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:27 AM, flsts5938 wrote: > > Is anyone running this combination? I just put the IMS tank on my

KLR

> > and there is a gap of about 1 inch between the tank and the top

of the

> > seat. Is this normal? > > Not yet, but I will be soon. Eric Green runs this combo, and he's > seen a lot of folks fail to get the seat tab underneath the tank > bracket at the back of the tank, leading to an excessive gap like > you're seeing. It should be a pretty snug fit between the IMS

tank

> and the Corbin flat. > -- > Blake Sobiloff > http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/> > http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/> > San Jose, CA (USA) >

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Blake Sobiloff wrote:

> > On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:27 AM, flsts5938 wrote: > > Is anyone running this combination? I just put the IMS tank on my KLR > > and there is a gap of about 1 inch between the tank and the top of the > > seat. Is this normal? > > Not yet, but I will be soon. Eric Green runs this combo, and he's > seen a lot of folks fail to get the seat tab underneath the tank > bracket at the back of the tank, leading to an excessive gap like > you're seeing. It should be a pretty snug fit between the IMS tank > and the Corbin flat.

For "pretty snug", substitute "extremely snug". To make it easier to put the seat onto my bike, I ended up altering my IMS bracket slightly (extended the slots at the front a little) so I could shove the IMS tank very slightly forward compared to where the bracket would normally put it. Otherwise getting the Corbin seat to where the holes would match up was an exercise in lotsa shoving, grunting, cursing, and prying. There is a gap between the top of the seat and the IMS tank, but it's more of a 1/4" gap, not a 1" gap. If you have a 1" gap, you didn't get the tongue of the seat underneath the frame crossmember, you have it between the frame crossmember and the tank bracket. Remember, the tongue goes *under* the frame crossmember, not on top of it! -E

[Pete Karpa]

Are you sure that your compression release is NOT engaged when measuring right exhaust. If it is engaged it measures much greater clearance. You can release it in the head, although if you were to remove the exhaust cam, it becomes clear how it works and you can see what it is doing... and then you may find that the right exhaust is ok...I know, I just went through this my self. If it is engaged for whatever reason, turning it three times by hand times will not disengage it as I believe it has to spin about 600 rpm to disengage. Mine was engaged because I bumped the starter to line up the cams for measurement, thereby engaging the comp release instead of turning it by hand from the outset. Good luck Pete --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "teamster1997" wrote:

> > Hello everyone, > > Some brief history. The bike is a 2006 klr650 purchased in August

of

> 2005 out of the crate with 0 miles. I changed oil about every 1500 > miles and started using synthetic oil around the 4000 mile mark. I > did the first valve adjustment when it had 6700 miles on it and > nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The bike as of Sunday 7-23-06

had

> 21426 miles on it when I adjusted the valves. The left exhaust and > the two intake valves did not change at all, but the right exhaust > changed a lot. The first valve adjustment I did, the right exhaust > valve was set at .009. When I checked the right exhaust this > time, .003 was pretty loose and .004 was to tight. The shim was a

2-

> 45 and I replaced it with a 2-30. After changing shims and got it > to .009 and then spun the engine and checked the clearance three > different times to make sure. > > My question is, do I need to worry about this? > With three out of the four valves unchanged and the one with a > drastic change, I seem to think something is going on that

shouldn't

> be going on. My warranty expires August 9th and I'm wondering if

it

> will cover something like this if there is something wrong. > > I have another question. When I post a message like I'm doing now,

it

> goes to everyone, but when I try to reply to one, it only goes to

the

> messagee. How do I reply to a message and have it sent to everyone? > > Thank you in advance for any thoughts about this. Tim... >