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danroot Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 74 Gender:	valve job 12/24/08 at 02:42:20 is $1300 too much to pay for a valve job, i feel like i just got raped.
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Re: valve job
Reply #1 - 12/24/08 at 03:09:02

Yep, did you get a cigarette afterwards?

What in the hell constitutes a valve job on our bikes anyway? Taking the head off and lapping in four valves?

What caused you to take it in? How many miles did you have on the bike and what happened during the rebuild? New cam chain? Did you drop a valve and require a piston and cylinder bore out?

What does the bill of materials read like?

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Reply #2 - 12/24/08 at 03:16:05

i took it in because of a major oil leak and a lack of power above 40mph. they fixed it for the most part, still have issues. i feel like i got seriously jerked around but they had my bike, what was i to do? the cost doubled what i paid for it.

"valve job" - 2.5 hours labor
"r&r head/barrels/tune" 6.5 hours labor
"gasket set"
"oil filter"
"cam shaft"
"intake rocker"
"exhaust rocker"
"piston rings"

total: 1328.54

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danroot Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 74 Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #3 - 12/24/08 at 03:17:44 i was hoping to find a local forum guy here to help me out but i couldnt find anyone, went to a mechanic. never again. i had about 15000 miles on a 22 year old bike.
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rigidchop Serious Thumper Offline don't feed the drama llama Posts: 1105 ravenswood wv Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #4 - 12/24/08 at 07:05:14 coulda bought a low mileage 5 speed motor on ebay for about 600. it kinda depends on your perspective though. if your, now new motor lasts another 22 years, i say its money well spent.
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rigidchop Serious Thumper Offline don't feed the drama llama Posts: 1105 ravenswood wv Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #5 - 12/24/08 at 07:05:55 and thats was alot more than just a valve job.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #6 - 12/24/08 at 08:20:45 "gasket set"$90 "oil filter"$5 "cam shaft"$110 "intake rocker"$44 "exhaust rocker"$44 "piston rings"$26 $319 parts 1328-319=$1010 "valve job" - 2.5 hours labor "r&r head/barrels/tune" 6.5 hours labor 9hr labor 1010/9=$112/hr. I think I've been quoted $90/hr in burbank and $45 in Azusa Did you leave out something? valvolene? vaselene?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: valve job Reply #7 - 12/24/08 at 17:56:43 Ive stepped on a garden rake, ONCE. I had a big knot on my 4th grade forehead. Ive never stepped on a sand trap rake. Looks like maybe you did.
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #8 - 12/24/08 at 18:06:28 One presumes you got an estimate before you authorized them to start work. If you did, the total should not have been much of a surprise. If you didn't, I'd have to say you are remiss in not requesting one.
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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: valve job Reply #9 - 12/24/08 at 19:16:15 Cam & rocker & rings .... that's more then just a valve job. That's a engine overhaul. Danroot, Where are you located??? Your profile doesn't show it. (you can add it by editing your profile from the control panel (CPanel) tab)
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danroot Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 74 Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #10 - 12/24/08 at 21:31:18 im located in san jose, i diddnt get an estimate because they diddnt know what was causeing the leak before they started working on it. they thought it was the head gasket which they said would cost 4-600
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: valve job Reply #11 - 12/24/08 at 21:39:27 You mean to tell me all this was an oil leak?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #12 - 12/24/08 at 22:44:10 lesson to all newbs ASK US 1ST! We may not what the answer is, but most likely we do. Or we'll find somebody that's been there done that. We span the world and we all speak savage. head gasket my @$$.
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Re: valve job
Reply #13 - 12/24/08 at 22:51:31

IF in fact this was an oil leak hassle*, you could have bought the tools, fixed it & pocketed $1,000.00 & stll had enough $$$ left over to go out with a sweet gal & feed her like a queen.

* The infamous "Plug Leak".

Just a guess, I bet that if you took that bike to a reputable mechanic & had it torn down, all that you would find done is the plug fixed.

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danroot Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 74 Gender:	Re: valve job Reply #14 - 12/24/08 at 23:57:50 i took it in after a quart of oil spilt on the road after a ride, it was gushing. the cap was replaced, but they claimed the head gasket was blown, and that the valves needed to be replaced.
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