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10-07-2012, 10:52pm
I agree. Not a straightforward task. If you find several clearances are out and you go through the job of taking cams out, confirming shim size, working out correct shim, putting them all back, putting cams back in, etc, etc and then find after confirming clearances that one clearance is still too large/small then the whole lot has to come out again!
Thank God that valves and valve seats are made of sterner stuff these days. Back when I was a young whippersnapper the japs made valves and valve seats from a common metal called plasticene! Forever doing valve shims! But that's where overbucket shims had the advantage - you didn't need to pull the cams out! Just a special lever and a pair of tweezers.
Thank God that valves and valve seats are made of sterner stuff these days. Back when I was a young whippersnapper the japs made valves and valve seats from a common metal called plasticene! Forever doing valve shims! But that's where overbucket shims had the advantage - you didn't need to pull the cams out! Just a special lever and a pair of tweezers.