shims... what a friggin' pain!

[JOHN SOLIDAY]

Remember they always tighten on overhead cam engines so a "tappy valve is a happy valve" IMHO.

John (have to do a new CBR600RR and a "new" GPZ1100) this winter)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Heim<mailto:SuprHtr at columbus.rr.com> 
  To: Message an GPZ List<mailto:gpzlist at micapeak.com> 
  Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:22 PM
  Subject: Re: shims... what a friggin' pain!


  I just finished doing the shims on my ZR-7 a couple of weeks ago, and 
  shim-under-bucket is no fun.  When I rechecked after the cams were back in 
  place, most of my clearances were a little beyond the loose end of the spec. 
  Since I didn't have any more of the necessary shims (13 mm diameter!!! DOH, 
  can't use my massive supply of GPz shims!) I decided to just run it.  A 
  loose valve is a happy valve!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <blackgpz at rochester.rr.com<mailto:blackgpz at rochester.rr.com>>
  To: "1KPerDay" <1kperday at gmail.com<mailto:1kperday at gmail.com>>
  Cc: "Message an GPZ List" <gpzlist at micapeak.com<mailto:gpzlist at micapeak.com>>
  Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 3:25 PM
  Subject: Re: shims... what a friggin' pain!


  > I think you're in for some more fun when you get to the ZZR. I think
  > they went to the shim under bucket design on that engine which means
  > you get to pull the cams out.