Vavle Adjustment

[suzukidukiee]

Ok this weekend i decided to check my valve clearences on my 82 gs750E. Ive had the bike about three months now and i was noticing that it didnt want to run when it was cold and there was a dead spot almost in the middle of the powerband. So i take my gas tank and valve cover off and pull my ignition cover off and go to work.The first thing i notice is the intake valves on cylinder 1,2,4 are soo tight i cant get the feeler gauge in them,so i check the exshuast side and find that cylinders 1,2,3,4 are all so tight i cant the feeler guage in..after about an hour of fine tune adjusting i get them all at 0.004 in. where i can just slip the feeler guage in and it runs smooth in and out with no play.When i get everything back together i go to start the bike. note i havent started it yet today so it should be hard to start and it shouldnt want to run right off the bat. but behold it does! actually it fires up and i give it just alittle gas to get things going,then i let off and it idles pretty good being completely cold and all.Then i take it out and go for a test run right off the bat i notice it pulls smoother and that it makes less noise and the best thing there is no more dead spot it has a nice powerband now...I just wanted to share my little story to you guys im very happy i did it and i learned alot about my bike in the process! :-D

[chuckycheese]

Good!

That's a great story. Good for you! \\/

[Bert Patterson]

Have you ever adjusted valves before? I ask, because I avoid most mechanical endeavors - take the bike to shop and have for 35 or more years. I'm hoping to get bolder and adjust my valves fairly soon.

[chuckycheese]

Give it a shot!

Bert, I did mine for the first time several months ago. Trust me...I feel absolutely certain you could do the job as well as anyone; and probably better than many.\\/

(Uncle Chucky knows these things!)

[t3rmin]

Good job! Adjusting valves is easier than people think. Especially on the 16v motors! Sure makes a difference when they're spot-on!

[suzukidukiee]

yeah ive rebuilt rx-7 engines and trannies before but this was all new too me! And when it was all said and done it was actually very simple and easy the next time around i could probably do it in about 45min. it took me 2hr the first time around.

[1100lt]

tools

Is there a cetain tool you need ? Where can I get one?

[chef1366]

Is there a cetain tool you need ? Where can I get one?

http://www.z1enterprises.com/detail.aspx?ID=2870

[suzukidukiee]

All you need is a 12mm,10mm socket and an 8mm open end wrench those are the important ones...the manuall says you need a special tool to hold down those tiny adjuster screws but i just used my finger to hold it in place until the larger screw was tightened down then i torqued it to spec.

sorry for the spelling.

[chuckycheese]

Tool

This is from a post I put up a a couple of months ago:

I ordered the little adjustment tool (09917-14910) from my Suzuki dealer and the cost was about $5.75 (it's worth about 75 cents). I used it the other day, for the first time, and it works just great! I'm sure the expensive Motion Pro tools are very nice but this little "cheapy" works just fine.
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[suzukidukiee]

This is from a post I put up a a couple of months ago:

I ordered the little adjustment tool (09917-14910) from my Suzuki dealer and the cost was about $5.75 (it's worth about 75 cents). I used it the other day, for the first time, and it works just great! I'm sure the expensive Motion Pro tools are very nice but this little "cheapy" works just fine.
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you can order the tool and i would recomend it but i was able to do it just fine without it.

[Clone]

As another rider posted, if you take a #2 robertson screw and put it into the end of a piece of dowel or into a gluestick like I did, it will fit the top of the adjuster almost perfect. No need to buy a special tool to be used once in a blue moon.