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Valve Shim Help

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thank you good sir. figured i aught to cowboy up or get out of your way.
 
I'm deep in the throes of my first GS valve adjustment as well. It's going smoothly so far and with all the advice and links here I trust that it'll be done in no time. Thanks for taking the time to put this stuff up.
 
For me, when my screws get all mangled, as in just a hole in the head, I used the grabit brand extractors by alden corp.
Drill tip on one side, extractor on the other. Be sure to use the right size extractor and as with any extractor, be sure it is centered(or it may snap off). But since you got em out, no need for em. But just for future reference, i love em.
 
I come bearing updates. I ruined 2 of the carb bodies from the 850's original carbs so i sold what was salvageable and went back to the garage and I put the carburetors from the 1100 onto the 850 and the bike is running like a champion. I had to turn a couple of the boots around to make the boots line up with the carbs. Anywho the bike is running but for some reason the 4th cylinder exhaust head isnt getting hot. the other three are. however the coil is fine and the plug sparks fine but for some reason it seems as though its not working. any suggestions?
 
mummyarms said:
I come bearing updates. I ruined 2 of the carb bodies from the 850's original carbs so i sold what was salvageable and went back to the garage and I put the carburetors from the 1100 onto the 850 and the bike is running like a champion. I had to turn a couple of the boots around to make the boots line up with the carbs. Anywho the bike is running but for some reason the 4th cylinder exhaust head isnt getting hot. the other three are. however the coil is fine and the plug sparks fine but for some reason it seems as though its not working. any suggestions?
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Sync 'em. :)
 
oh that reminds me. we had to pull what i think is the timing chain tensor out briefly. could that have ****ed up the timing and if it possibly did is that also a candidate for a problem with the 4th cylinder?
 
It probably didn't hurt anything. Thought if your valve cover gasket is still fresh (which it should be) there's no harm in pulling off the valve cover and verifying the timing. If the chain slipped that should affect all of the cylinders equally - so that's probably not your issue with #4.

Did you bench sync your carbs before putting them on. #4 could just be very closed in comparison to the others. Are you only noticing this at idle? If you rev up the bike does #4 warm up?

Have you checked the coil secondary impedance? Bad spark plug caps? Probably that it's not getting fuel or air though. You took the jets out of the 850 carbs and put them in the 1100 carbs?
 
Its a brand new gasket. I havent done a bench sync on them but know that I know about bench syncing I will do it. It stays cold both during throttling and idle. The spark plug caps are all brand new. the spark definitely isnt the trouble. I didnt switch the jets. I simply transfered the whole carburetor system from the 1100 to the 850
 
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