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bigone YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	New Member 07/09/08 at 09:05:17 Howdy Yall' I just got signed up. I am going to buy a Savage Saturday. It is a 96 model with a little over 3k. I here they need valve adjustments. How many miles do you go before you need to do your first one? Thanks, bigone
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Bleemus Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 106 Mt Pleasant, SC Gender:	Re: New Member Reply #1 - 07/09/08 at 10:20:41 Manual says they should be checked with your first service at 600 miles. Ask the current owner if they ever had it done.
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skrapiron -FSO Serious Thumper Offline Instant Human.... Just add coffee.. Posts: 1456 Pittsburgh, Pa Gender:	Re: New Member Reply #2 - 07/09/08 at 11:34:38 Its listed in your owners manual. Valve clearance check at 600 miles, then 4000 miles, then every 3500 miles there after.
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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: New Member Reply #3 - 07/09/08 at 11:55:22 Good luck with the purchase! You're going to love it.
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Hard Corps Full Member Offline Freedom is worth facing your fears Posts: 236 Kansas City, Missouri Gender:	Re: New Member Reply #4 - 07/09/08 at 17:42:29 Congrats and welcome. You've joined a great community here. Can't advise you on the valve-adjustment, mine was done by the 'zuki dealer when I bought it. But the info the others have supplied should be sufficient. It usually is on here. Have fun & be safe!
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bigone YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	Re: New Member Reply #5 - 07/10/08 at 13:55:47 bigone wrote on 07/09/08 at 09:05:17: Howdy Yall' I just got signed up. I am going to buy a Savage Saturday. It is a 96 model with a little over 3k. I here they need valve adjustments. How many miles do you go before you need to do your first one? Thanks, bigone
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bigone YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	Re: New Member Reply #6 - 07/10/08 at 13:59:10 Thanks yall, I will ask him when I go there, I got a feeling it has never been done. I will get it done right away. The dealership said it was about three hour job? About $180.00. I would not have thought it would take that long, but what do I know. Thanks for yall's help. Pretty cool site. Like having a big brother!
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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: New Member Reply #7 - 07/10/08 at 19:21:00 It's not a hard job, just a bit tedious. .... But I did mine in about two hours the other day, maybe less for stopping for refreshments....
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Reply #8 - 07/10/08 at 19:30:31

I think your dealer might be fibbing a bit. I'd never done it before and it didn't take me three hours. The second time I probably halved my first time.

I don't know what their book tells them it should take, but I would think a guy who knows what he's doing and has all the tools right handy should be able to do it in an hour. One of these qualified wrenchers will correct me if I'm underestimating, but I think I'd call a different mechanic.

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bigone YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	Re: New Member Reply #9 - 07/10/08 at 19:41:27 I thought it was a bit much too. He may have been talking about the complete first 5k going over? I will clarify before having done. I better get a manual if it has to be done that often. Thanks Yall.
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Sandy Koocanusa Serious Thumper Offline Don't blame me. I didn't vote for him. Posts: 1878 Bigfork, MT Gender:	Re: New Member Reply #10 - 07/10/08 at 19:44:17 Vroom 1776 did a top-notch write-up on how to adjust your valves. I would still get a manual, but if you read his article, you will find that it outclasses the book. It's in the Tech section under "Maintenance."
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bigone YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	Re: New Member Reply #11 - 07/10/08 at 19:46:35 I will check it out, Thanks. I really like this site. Shoot, H-D never had nuttin like this, I love it.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: New Member Reply #12 - 07/10/08 at 19:50:58 1st timers... Take off tank and seat, 5 min take out sparky, 5 min remove valve covers, 10 min remove timing cover 5 min if not stuck. find tdc on compression 5 min confirm tdc 1 min adj valves 20 min Each step takes stoppin', drinkin' and readin' the good book. 2nd time 20 min and drink the 6 pack after.
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Reply #13 - 07/10/08 at 19:57:52

bigone,
Don't let the apes with wrenches at the stealership near your bike!
With this site and a manual, you can do the job yourself, and feel confident. I'm not much of a wrencher, but I did my second check in about two hours, with breaks. That was with all the other checks and an oil and filter change too. More or less another 600 mile service at 2000 miles. Vroom 1776's post in the tech section is invaluable as a resource for this job. Save your money for gas.
It's been said here many times that there's nothing like the feeling of doing it yourself, and knowing how your machine is running.

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bigone YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	Re: New Member Reply #14 - 07/10/08 at 20:05:15 yall are great! Stealership. LOL. I get the picture.
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