Engineering options for valve adjustment

[ZacharyB]

Would it hold true that all DOHC valvetrains must use shims for adjustment while SOHC valvetrains can employ an adjusting mechanism of sorts, only because it can be mounted on a rocker arm?

[Billy Ricks]

My '85 has threaded adjusters.

[Anonymous]

possable

Nope any design you can think of has been done for both

[jjnorc]

81 1100e 16 valve has screw/nut adjusters.

[jjnorc]

The Kawasaki Connie has DOHC with screw/nut adjusters also.

[Anonymous]

I have an '85 Honda Nighthawk with a DOHC 16-valve engine, and it doesn't use any valve adjustment at all. It uses rockers with little baby hydraulics (for lack of a better term).

[jjnorc]

Yup, Have a 83 Honda 750 Shadow with hydrolic rockers.
No adjustment needed.

[Anonymous]

Kawasaki ZRX DOHC 16 valves uses shims. My 82 200 Honda SOHC has adjustment screws, 79 GS 1000 uses shims.

[ZacharyB]

Cool

Just asking because all I've ever owned are SOHC valvetrains: the CB250 in my signature and an '82 BMW 320i (4 cyl SOHC). Both are adjustment style, no shims to replace. The GS is my first DOHC