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shims?? - a 're-new' question

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:08 am
by dooden
Agreed if "NEW" valves, now if cleaned up and reused.. possible maybe. Likely ? Kinda like all 12 eggs are good in the carton right, but we all open and check them anyway. Dooden A15 Green Ape (Not run, but got some sunlight yesterday at least)
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Eric J Foster wrote: > > "I guess cutting the valve seats (gap decrease) and new valves (gap > increase) could cancel each other out (almost exactly) and result in no > need for shim changes." > > Ummm.... I'm no engineer, unless a redneck degree in barnyard technology > allows me to brag, but you're gonna need thinner shims in this example. > > E >