just a thanks to Basscliff

[scottsgs]

Thank you Basscliff for the awesome write up on the valve adjustments on your website. With out it, I don't think I could have achieved the same results. I had to change all 8 shims, there was no room for a .038 feeler gauge to slide in between.

Thanks again,

Scott

[BassCliff]

Awwww, shucks!

Hi Mr. scottsgs,

You're very welcome. My pleasure. I'm glad it helped. I would like to add a couple of pictures for clarity, but the information is mostly complete.

One quick question. To be sure, is your feeler gauge metric or inches?

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[scottsgs]

It was metric. Actually it had both inches and mm.

Thanks again,

Scott

P.S should I re-sync the carbs even if the bike is running well?

[BassCliff]

If it ain't broke...

It was metric. Actually it had both inches and mm.

Thanks again,

Scott

P.S should I re-sync the carbs even if the bike is running well?

Wow. All your valves were pretty tight. I'll bet it's running a lot better now.

I'm sure that it's not critical to balance your carbs right now, especially since it's running well. But if you have easy access to a manometer, it might give you a little more satisfaction to know that everything is adjusted as it should be. It's up to you. The balance might have changed slightly since your the valve adjustment, but probably not enough to notice.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[Steve]

I had to change all 8 shims, there was no room for a .038 feeler gauge to slide in between.

Kinda unusual to have to replace all 8 of them. Are you sure you could not have moved some of them around to fill the need in another location?

By the way, I don't see you on my list of spreadsheet users. Since all this information might be fresh in your mind, toss an e-mail in my direction (address is in my profile) with a request for the spreadsheet and I will reply with your own copy. It helps keep track of your shims and clearances from one interval to the next, along with other basic maintenance logging.

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