So i finally decided to do a valve check and new spark plugs at 30k. I got the bike at 10k and have not done either yet.
First challenge, get the crankshaft hole plug out. Ground a slot with a 4" cutting wheel. Impact wrench with big flat head bit rips the aluminum! Wow, thats tight! Ground another slot a little deeper and it came right out. Who puts a hex wrench hole in aluminum?
Thanks to all the write-ups, check lists, and tips on the valve adjustment procedure...it surely saved me a lot of time! I did remove the radiator overflow tank and got a straight shot with a long extension to get the TB clamp.
Spark plugs were .037 and .039.
Two exhaust valves were .005 and and two were .006.
Intake valves were all .006.
I got the exhausts all .008. I then decided i would fix one of the front intakes that i could force a .007. Well, the threads pulled in the rocker arm! The adjuster screw seemed a little weird from the get go. It didnt act like the other four i had just done, which seemed pretty straight forward. Finally, it ended when the torque wrench just kept turning and i knew. The nut is free, although a little tight. The screw is stuck in the rocker arm.
I will confess, i was over torquing them by 18%. Is that bad? 17ft-lbs is 204 inch-lbs. My quarter drive wrench goes up to 200 inch-lbs. My 3/8 drive starts at 20 ft-lbs and that is what i used. I did torque the rear intakes (which i didnt adjust) and one did not move and the other moved just a skosh. I am surprised the rocker arm stripped before the nut. Be easy on me guys, am i a dummkopf?
First challenge, get the crankshaft hole plug out. Ground a slot with a 4" cutting wheel. Impact wrench with big flat head bit rips the aluminum! Wow, thats tight! Ground another slot a little deeper and it came right out. Who puts a hex wrench hole in aluminum?
Thanks to all the write-ups, check lists, and tips on the valve adjustment procedure...it surely saved me a lot of time! I did remove the radiator overflow tank and got a straight shot with a long extension to get the TB clamp.
Spark plugs were .037 and .039.
Two exhaust valves were .005 and and two were .006.
Intake valves were all .006.
I got the exhausts all .008. I then decided i would fix one of the front intakes that i could force a .007. Well, the threads pulled in the rocker arm! The adjuster screw seemed a little weird from the get go. It didnt act like the other four i had just done, which seemed pretty straight forward. Finally, it ended when the torque wrench just kept turning and i knew. The nut is free, although a little tight. The screw is stuck in the rocker arm.
I will confess, i was over torquing them by 18%. Is that bad? 17ft-lbs is 204 inch-lbs. My quarter drive wrench goes up to 200 inch-lbs. My 3/8 drive starts at 20 ft-lbs and that is what i used. I did torque the rear intakes (which i didnt adjust) and one did not move and the other moved just a skosh. I am surprised the rocker arm stripped before the nut. Be easy on me guys, am i a dummkopf?