Valve adjustments

[Dano]

Mine are 25 mm shims. Nobody around here carries them, all they have are the newer ones where the buckets are upside down. Gotta order them, I guess. Flatout is 7.95 a piece.

 

Dan

[BradT]

Done with the measurements--- got BuddyRich's kit,,,,,, seems like everybody needed 265,270 and 275 shims. Got everything around it, WHOLE bunch of 280's (seems to be common from factory). However, gonna have to order a couple 265's and about 4- 270's to get my tolerances correct. Other shims available in the kit put it too tite or too loose (sound like a Nascar driver!!). If nobody's got any, I'm gonna order them when I get back from Baseball game.

 

Dan

 

When I checked my shims when I took all of the out they were almost all identical shims, which surprised me thinking that they were pretty darn accurate at the factory when they machine the heads. Wrote all the shim dimensions down which is somewhere.

 

Gonna take my forks into a local shop and let them rebuild- 82 bucks apiece plus parts--- my time more valuable than that. Plus the distinct possibility of me screwing it up......................:rotf:

Dan

 

HAHA I did the same thing, figured for that price it was worth it for someone else to do it right. PS I got both down for 150, which included new parts, and new oil.

 

Brad

[Dano]

Brad, I have noticed that approx. 1/2 of them were 280's, have found them down to 278, most of the other ones were 285, 288, 290, 292 & 295's!!

 

I would like to get that deal on my forks for 150, I'll have 164 in rebuild, 55 in Progressive springs (on the way!), and Rick at Buckeye Performance is quoting me 125 for the parts kit to rebuild. Don't know if I need all the parts, though. But I can't tell because he won't give me part #'s.

Anybody got a list of what they used when they rebuilt theirs?

 

Dan