1978 Gs 1000 E valve shim gaps ok

[Guest]

Intake #1 .003 #2 .002 #3 .002 #4 .003
Exhaust #1 .003 #2 .002 #3 .003 #4 .002

These are all good for now ..correct ?

[tkent02]

Just barely within limits, and the clearances get smaller as they wear. Actually the limit is .03mm, four of yours are already too tight. I'd go down one shim size on all of them.

[lrgguy]

These are .oo2 !! Thats different then .02

[tkent02]

Inches or millimeters?

[lrgguy]

Inches .. my book says spec is between 0.001 - 0.003
Im canadian eh !! Lol

[tkent02]

Yeah, that's really confusing. Those specs are wrong too. You're OK, but I bet you didn't check them right. How did you set the cam lobes to check?

[Steve]

The numbers aren't bad, if they are inches AND if the engine was set correctly when measuring them.

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[lrgguy]

Just as it said on bikecliff sight . Lobe #1 exhaust pointing straight check one and 2 exhaust . Then intake lobe pointing up check intake 1 & 2 . Then 3 4 exhaust then 3 4 intake . Step by step as per how it sais on bikecliff

[lrgguy]

Went through them all twice ,Just to he sure

[tkent02]

Went through them all twice ,Just to he sure

OK, sounds good. .002" is .05mm, .003 is .076mm, so well within limits.

[lrgguy]

Awsome !! Thx for confirming .. at first I was thinking damn I have to change out all these shimms . Then relized my kastar gapping tool was inches ...

[Steve]

This should be the time I make sure you are aware of the invitation in my signature.

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[lrgguy]

Lmao .. looking at tool now and if you flip them over it gives you the metric sizes on opposite side !! 0.002 = .051 0.003= .076

[lrgguy]

Crack on cylinder head cover is now repaired using jb weld . Drilled hole at end of crack 1/6 .. used dermal tool to groove the crack deeper . Then filled with jb weld .. did this inside and outside valve cover

[lrgguy]

Used dremal with small grinder bit to clean up first