Valve Adjustment Tool

[jlmoulto]

Where can you purchase one or does someone have one they would like to sell?

Can you do valve adjustment without one?

[Dark Jedi]

Hmm. My bike uses valve shims, and a valve shim tool to remove them for resizing.

What does yours use?

[Gary Lich]

Assuming your talking about a valve depressor tool for shim removal JC Whitney sells one about $30. I wouldn't try a valve adjustment without one.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, just buy the tool and consider it a long-term rental. When you're done with the bike -- and you will be some day -- you can sell the tool for about half what you paid. Total cost, about $15.

CRC carries the shims (or they did just about 2 years ago) for a fair price, as well as the cam cover gaskets.

[Dark Jedi]

Examine your existing shims. If they are undamaged, and the numbers clearly readable, the local bike shops will likely swap you for what you need for a buck each or thereabouts.

My local shop traded them with no fee, he needed the sizes I was trading, and had too many of the sizes I needed...