another first valve adjustment question....

[bill e goat]

Did anyone on the list go? George? I am hoping to hear about the unveiling of the new Bonnie, and the mile races. I had planned to make my annual trip down there but just couldn't come up with the energy, which may have been a good thing, the BMW battery died on Saturday at home. It was four years old (this inserted to avoid listening to BMW bashing -- I don't give a rat's ass if you like them or not).

[racing43rd@aol.com]

Billy I like BMWs but the battery should last 5-6 years. Ed Windsor Ohio

[k650dsn@aol.com]

I thought they were supposed to last forever like their bikes. Gino

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, racing43rd@a... wrote: > Billy > > I like BMWs but the battery should last 5-6 years. > > Ed > Windsor Ohio

[Weaver, Mark]

hi ed. there is no "stock" shim that i know about. my bike came with 3 #270 and 1 #275. these are metric measurements of some sort, maybe 2.70mm and 2.75 mm, i dunno. anyway, each 5 is worth .002". unfortunately, you have to take out the old ones to see what size is stamped on them. for example, in your case, let's give some hypothetical stock shim numbers for your measurements: measurement stock shim desired clearance new shim L-Intake .004 270 .006(or .008) 265 (or 260) R-Intake .005 275 .007 270 L-Exh. .005 270 .009 260 R-Exh. .006 265 .008 (or .010) 260 (or 255) does this make sense? a smaller shim (from 270 to 265) gives more clearance (from .004 to .006). you may find, like in our hypothetical case, that you can re-use 1 or 2 of the old shims. notice that the 270 and 265 you need for your new clearances can be swiped from other valves. as far as i can tell, the shims don't wear (oil between shim and cam), but remember your sanity check, and remeasure the valve clearances again once you have the shims installed. hope this is helpful. mark weaver

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Snow [mailto:Multifunction-ES@...] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:24 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Another First Valve adjustment question.... > > > -=* 500 mile First Valve Adjustment *=- > > Hello all, > Just so everyone doesn't think me lazy, I searched the archive > for "Shim" and read through as many as I could stand before my brain > starged getting fuzzy. I didn't see the answer to my questions. > > What I am wondering is, how do you know what shims you need? I have > checked my clearances and they are: > > L-Intake .004 > R-Intake .005 > L-Exh. .005 > R-Exh. .006 > > I figured before venturing any further into the unknown depts of > -Valve Shimology- or removing my old shims, I should get the correct > shims for replacement. > > Does the KLR come with a "Stock" size? > > Are they all stamped with the size#, and I just need to snag them > suckers out and read'em??? > Is there more than one shim in the ole' "Shim Bucket"? > > > BTW: I already have "Buy the Service Manual" on my list, and I have > read the KLR650 Valve Adjustment page by Eldon Carl. > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >