Quick Valve Shim Replacement

[Gregger]

Fellows,

Don't think this has been posted yet but for those of you that haven't seen it, one of the fellows on the other forum posted an ingenious way to replace valve shims without pulling the cams. He ground down a screwdriver allowing a way to depress the valve and slide the shim out, using some modified forceps. He stated that it was a two man job but saves a pile of time.

Anybody try this yet?








Cool eh!

 

[Tripps]

Images aren't there???

 

[Phil R]

Images aren't there???

you need to be logged into the .com site.

 

[teraeric]

just be very careful that you don't slip and nick anything... ya wonder that there's not a specialty tool the screws into the cover bolts and has a lever to do this...

having to pull cams to do bucket top shims is pretty brutal... hadn't seen a pic before, i thought that the reason you had to pull the cams was because the shim was under the bucket... my cb900c had the same bucket top shims, and i just can't remember what the heck we did to get the shim out - but we definitely didn't pull the cams...

 

[Tripps]

you need to be logged into the .com site.

that ain't happened in a while.

 

[Rick McC.]

I can see the pics fine.

Rick

 

[1olbull]

Thanks for the pix!
Explains all I need to know to do it myself when it's needed.
Thanks also to Phil R for the tip about logging onto the Dot com site in order to see the pix.

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

I can't see the pictures. I sure would like too.

 

[Gregger]

Don't know why they are gone. Copied them from this POST (r3owners.com)

 

[1olbull]

Here ya go . . .
Simply a notched screw stick to push down the lifter cup (compressing the valve spring) allowing the shim to be removed with a tweezer.