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Digger

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Re: valve adjustment
Reply #15 - 08/03/08 at 20:10:22

verslagen1 wrote on 06/23/08 at 20:01:59:

I know this is hard, but let me walk you thru it...
1) click on 'general category'
2) click on 'Technical Documents/Reference'
3) double click on 'Table of Contents with links' (second one from the top)
4) click on 'Adjusting your valves' (7th from top)

Owners manual says every 3500 miles.

FWIW.....you're also supposed to torque the cylinder head nuts about every 3500 miles. Not a hard job.....just tedious.

BTW, who out there (except me) actually torques the head nuts on this schedule?

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Re: valve adjustment
Reply #16 - 08/03/08 at 20:38:48

Are you kidding me? There's a time bomb in there and you haveta reset it every so often and how many of these bikes blows up cause they won't even spring for a $10 gasket?

Besides 3500 miles? that's like every 3 months. It only rains once a year for a week out here. And I have to have my supplies ready so I can get all my majors done.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: valve adjustment Reply #17 - 08/03/08 at 22:38:20 18,000 miles, head bolts have never been touched.
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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: valve adjustment Reply #18 - 08/03/08 at 22:50:16 If you're tight on cash, check out Harbor Frieght. I know, I know; alot of folks on this forum think their tools are crap, but if you can't afford the good stuff, theirs will work in a pinch. I got a whole set of Metric offsets for $20, compared to $12 for a single Craftsman wrench.
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