first valve adjustment

[William R Kinne]

http://www.ridetellico.com/Tour_de_Tellico_III__.html

[Kyle]

I thought I would join in on the fun. I did my first valve adjustment to my 05 KLR with 6,200 miles. Everything is OK now but what a nightmare it`s been! Everything went fine durring the disassembly, that is untill I got to the cam cap bolts. I managed to get five of them loose but the remaining three wouldn`t budge. I managed to use my inceadible hulk like streangth and ended up rounding the bolt heads off. I had to end up taking my bike to a machine shop so they could loosen those three bolts. Cost $100. They had weld nuts on top of the bolts in order to loosen them. Before I loosened the bolts I determined that I had a left intake valve was out of tolerence. It was reading .002 inches. The other three valves were within spec but close to the edge so I decided to change all the shims while I was in there. Left Exhaust=.008 Right Exhaust.007 Left intake .002 Right intake .005 in. Strange thing is that when I put the new shims in, the clearences didn`t chnge that much or not at all. I don`t remember the original shim sizes (I`m not at home). But the Left intake was replaced with a smaller shim 255 to a 250and I still have a .008 clearence. Right exhaust was replaced 255 shim to a 250 and gained only a .001 clearence (.007 to a .008). O`well at least all the valves are within spec now. I learned a major lesson. DO NOT USE A MULTI POINT CHINEESE SOCKET ON CAM CAP BOLTS. I didn`t know any better. I`m now a proud owner or a 6 point 10 mm craftsmen socket. Oh, and the bike is fine! Thanks.

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "William R Kinne" wrote:

> > http://www.ridetellico.com/Tour_de_Tellico_III__.html >

OH Good, I leave KY 31 Dec 2003 and you start to have dual sprot rides. sniff. I have driven that area many of times, through the woods and over the hills to grandma's house. I never made the trip again--after I bought the KLR. sigh. so many missed opportunites... Hope you all have fun. Looks like a hoot. revmaaatin. more snow tonight--6-10inches in the forecast