- I see bike bandit lists shims (Suzuki OEM I assume, and does not stat the diameter) for about $12 a piece.
- I see that Z-1 has the 29.5mm shims that state in description are for various Suzuki GS's. And I gather their shims are the an aftermarket brand (same as the kits I guess, dont recall at the moment the name) but are just under $5 each. I would assume they are acceptable.
-I understand that don't really need the X sizes to adjust within spec (the spec range is .05 wide, and the standard step of the shims is .05). Only really need them if want to have all the clearances adjusted to all be about the about the same portion of the range, say want them all "loose" in the upper part of the range, or maybe want them all in the middle part of the range, or want them all in tight part of the range so open valve that little bit more. (am not intending for this to be a disscussion of if should be loose or tight or either).
- And I understand that X means half size, that means for example; that a 255X is not 2.55mm but is about half way to the 260, so about 2.57mm (2.575 maybe).
All the above is not a question, but I state just for verification.
My question is: Where does one get the X or half size ones?
None of the several places I looked listed any X size. Although on the OEM fissche (82 1100G) there did seem to be two part numbers listed for each size, but the descriptions where the same for each of the two part numbers per size, maybe the X got truncated off the description of one of the two (or maybe I am missing something else).
Again, asking who carrys the X sizes (and for a good price to buy a handfull, not an entire kit).
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<<<Later note, or story of my ignorance:
I did not know about these X sizes a couple years ago when I did a valve clearance adjustment. Which might explain why I had some trouble when I measured my clearance(s), took out the existing shim(s), and ordered replacement shim(s), installed the new shim(s). And some of the clearances did not come out to what I was expecting (yes, I rolled the engine over a few times to squish out oil and settle things). Now I see that some of the shims I took out a couple years ago where the X's, and I did not know what that meant at the time.
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