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Valve adjustment question
06/26/17 at 23:22:48
I once had a BSA on which the recommended method of adjusting the valves was to turn the adjusting screw in until in touched the valve and then backing it out the correct part of a turn that equated to 0.005". On the BSA this equated from memory to 1/8 of a turn. This was an easy and accurate method that did not rely on trying to get feeler gauges in tight spots. All you need to know is the Turns per inch of the adjusting screw so that you can work out how much of a turn is required for the clearance. Does anyone know what the TPI of the adjusting screw in our engines is?
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06/27/17 at 05:31:20
The nuts on the valve adjustment screws are 10mm and the thread doesn't look fine pitched, so it could be 1mm per revolution. Quite hard to turn it 1/12-1/8 turns.
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Get a feeler gauge set you cheap a$$ and then figure it out and lettuce know what you come up with ! Maybe 4 bucks !
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Sorry Dave I just lost it !
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06/28/17 at 01:10:48
Thanks to all who replied (even cheeky little Ruttly). The link Versy provided has all the answers and now I know the magic measurement is 90 degrees for 0.006" without having to waste four bucks on a set of feeler gauges!
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06/28/17 at 05:50:31
Precision measurements require precision tools , not some half azzed way of doing it. Do your cylinder head bolts the same way ? Oh that's tight enough ! I prefer to know it's done correctly right down to a knats a$$ !
I've owned many a BSA , still have one.
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Thanks to all who replied (even cheeky little Ruttly). The link Versy provided has all the answers and now I know the magic measurement is 90 degrees for 0.006" without having to waste four bucks on a set of feeler gauges!
0.006" is too much and it isn't 90 degrees if the thread pitch is 0.75mm.
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06/28/17 at 12:55:08
I would have to prove it to myself before I could be comfortable with a valve adjustment I didn't measure.
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kojones wrote
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Garry wrote
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Thanks to all who replied (even cheeky little Ruttly). The link Versy provided has all the answers and now I know the magic measurement is 90 degrees for 0.006" without having to waste four bucks on a set of feeler gauges!
0.006" is too much and it isn't 90 degrees if the thread pitch is 0.75mm.
You'll note that there are a second set of lines.
Those lines are for .005"
So, that's less than 90°, but a little bit more than the calculated 60°
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Thanks Versy. Yes I understood that. The 90 degrees for 006" is just a reference. Like you say around 60 degrees is close to the correct clearance. Main thing is to know how much clearance one complete turn gives so that the portion of a turn for the correct clearance can be calculated. Again thanks for the info.
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72*, or 1/5 turn, would be .006"
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So all you know I took the cheeky comment as a total complement!
I think Garry hit the nail on the head !
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