Re:Valve adjustment DONE!
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Valve adjustment DONE! 10 Months ago
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Man this site keeps me busy..  Motivates me to do things to the Roadie.... Just came in from finishing up. Had one Intake valve out of spec. Believe that might be where my constant tick was coming from after being warm. Will find out in the morning when I head out on a Poker Run for Autism... Thanks for all the great posts and information. The Tech Article on doing the Valve Adj. is great.
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Re:Valve adjustment DONE! 10 Months ago
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That is my next little feat, I think I'm hearing a tick, but rather be safe than sorry later, I know the manual says every 16,000 miles and mine is only at 18,000, but gotta git er' done!  |
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Re:Valve adjustment DONE! 10 Months ago
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Nice work. The more you do, the more confidence you build.  The more you do TWICE or more, the more character and wisdom you build!  |
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scottw (User)
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Re:Valve adjustment DONE! 10 Months ago
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Blackroadie wrote:
Nice.... when I did mine the first time, 2 buds brought thiers over to my place and we ..( i ) ...did them all that day. I was suprised, none of them really needed it. It was cool to tear into them and do it though.
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None of the 3 bikes really needed the valve adj because the main reason behind having a hyd cam & lifter setup is to be pratically maint free vs having to chk/set valve clearance every so often with a solid FT cam lifter setup!
Yami only recs that valve clearance be checked to cover thier butt and generate additional srvc work too.
But as long as the r* gets bike specific oil with proper zddp for the Ft cams and the valve are adj correctly from the factory you should be able to go a heck aof a ot more miles then 16k before requring a valve adj.
But if improper oils been used in the R* with low zddp lvls for loong periods of time and that motor running low zddp oil see more then avg idling time in traffic where oil pressures lower for less then optimal oiling along with maybe that same motor not getting timely oil & filter changes thats when the oil with low zddp can get you in trouble with ft cams/lifters the R* has.
Scott
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Last Edit: 2012/07/28 14:55 By scottw.
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Re:Valve adjustment DONE! 10 Months ago
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I've got over 20,000 on mine and was starting to wonder if I should feel guilty for not adjusting my valves 4,000 miles ago...  Seriously, no ticks or other aberrant noises AT ALL (knock on wood). And as much of a fan as I am of "fixing it even if it ain't broke", I think I'm leaving the valves alone until THEY tell me they need attention. Not the best tact, I know... 
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