Re: Valve clearances

Posted by Lucky 1 on May 27, 2012; 5:21pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Valve-clearances-tp3999100p4018247.html

Many people adjust the valves and think they are done.
WRONG.


Now go back and check the exhaust valves that are supposed to be .003
insert a .004 thickness gauge in the exhaust valve tappet.....un huh.... fit right in didn't it?
Then take your .002 and see if that will slip in. It SHOULD slip right in.

Do the same with intakes..002 check with a .003 see what I mean.

That is how we did it at the Honda dealer that I worked at.
So when the customer said, " I did it like the book said and I still hear a noise."
Then after we checked them and re-adjusted, the customer said, "Gee you guys are good."

All we did was make sure they WERE right.