KLR650 Valve Adjustment - Issue with bucket or not???
The bike has around 6500 miles on it.
This time, I decided to go ahead and make some adjustments.
In getting the shims out, I noticed that the bucket for the left intake valve (which incidentally had clearance just barely in spec; (.0045" vs minimum .0040") was somewhat binding in its hole.
It was tight enough that I spent over an hour turning it around with a small brass hammer against a screwdriver in the edge of the notch.
Too bad the screwdriver wasn't a very good fit, but I managed to get it to the point where I could twist it with the tip, and then finally another half an hour later, I could get about .1" of up & down movement. Finally, I got it out with more agressive lifting and twisting.
There was no dryness or galling on it, and it needs only minor dressing where the screwdriver went. It looks good inside and out.
The other three buckets spun freely and could be removed by hand easily. So could it simply be rubbing against aslightly off-center spring?
Something that a few thousand more miles will eliminate?
Or is it more serious than that? One thought I had was that possuibly a shaving was missed during manufacture, but I can't see well in there.
Since checking the valves about 3000 miles ago, I find that the clearances have stabilized on the inta
The bike has around 6500 miles on it.
This time, I decided to go ahead and make some adjustments.
In getting the shims out, I noticed that the bucket for the left intake valve (which incidentally had clearance just barely in spec; (.0045" vs minimum .0040") was somewhat binding in its hole.
It was tight enough that I spent over an hour turning it around with a small brass hammer against a screwdriver in the edge of the notch.
Too bad the screwdriver wasn't a very good fit, but I managed to get it to the point where I could twist it with the tip, and then finally another half an hour later, I could get about .1" of up & down movement. Finally, I got it out with more agressive lifting and twisting.
There was no dryness or galling on it, and it needs only minor dressing where the screwdriver went. It looks good inside and out.
The other three buckets spun freely and could be removed by hand easily. So could it simply be rubbing against aslightly off-center spring?
Something that a few thousand more miles will eliminate?
Or is it more serious than that? One thought I had was that possuibly a shaving was missed during manufacture, but I can't see well in there.
Since checking the valves about 3000 miles ago, I find that the clearances have stabilized on the inta
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