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[dsn_klr650] klr: shim installation

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2000 9:45 pm
by Kurt Simpson
> 2) While removing the shims, using Elden Carl's instructions, I found the > step that said "remove the cams" to be way too vague. I've never removed
cams
> before and I had no idea how to do it. I was stuck for a while, checked my > manuals repeatedly, but didn't want to do the wrong thing. I then
determined
> that I could just lift the cams a little bit and slide the shims right out > underneath them. For future reference, what is the easiest way to do this?
just lift the cams...you can bungee them if you wish
> 3) When I put the new shims in, do I have to turn the tappets around so
the
> notches are put back where they were originally?
I don't think it makes a difference... Kurt