Valve adjustment - how much?

[lh25]

hi does anyone know how much i can expect to pay for the valves to be adjusted i believe its quite a big job on these for me to try myself ??

[maviczap]

You're right its an expensive job, but not to hard to check the clearances yourself so you'll know if they need doing or not.

How many miles has yours done

[Weirdfish]

Haven't done mine yet but as is usually the case it's getting at the buggers through all the plastic that's the time consuming thing and fairings never seem to go back in quite the same way as they came off, although maybe that's just me!

[Spanner Man]

Good morning all.


We charge 2 hours to check them, & up to 3 if they all need adjusting.
You will most likely be charged for any shims that need replacing, & for coolant. Due to having to remove the radiator to access the front cylinder.


Cheers.

[hongman]

Are there any telltale signs that valves need adjustment or is it a silent death trap to a broken engine?

I ask becuase I should be getting mine checked (dont know if they were checked by last owner(s)) but I am skint and time to check it myself is against me...

[maviczap]

Should be done at 15000 mile intervals, but unless its trashed, then shouldn't need doing. Maybe the odd one.

Won't lead to a broken engine, but just one that doesn't perform as well as it should. Won't idle well, and top end will be noisyer.

You will need a set of feeler gauges, tools to take the cam covers & raidiator off, replacement cooling fluid for afterwards and a socket to turn the crank over to get the cams at TDC. Take spark plugs out too

You will need a haynes (or similar) manual to show you how to do this, if you haven't do it before

[hongman]

Ah ok, I'm only a little over at 23k or something.

No problems that I know of but I'll sleep a little better til I can get them checked (either by a garage or when I have time)

[Dave20046]

Think I was quoted £120 if they all needed adjusting.

[Scythe92]

Think I was quoted £120 if they all needed adjusting.

Where from? My SV is on 13000 and I will be taking up to my flat soon (Sheff Hallam student) so could do with getting it all done.

Anyone you recommend from the Sheffield area? I live outside the Sheffield United stadium

[yorkie_chris]

Won't lead to a broken engine, but just one that doesn't perform as well as it should. Won't idle well, and top end will be noisyer.

It won't idle at all if the valves burn ;)

[Dave20046]

Where from? My SV is on 13000 and I will be taking up to my flat soon (Sheff Hallam student) so could do with getting it all done.

Anyone you recommend from the Sheffield area? I live outside the Sheffield United stadium
Manhattan motorcyles, not too far from you. They're off chesterfield road.
Better garage about 2 minutes from there called on 2 wheels but he's usually too packed so sends you to manhattans...they're still good though.

Edit: don't think that price includes the service. On 2 wheels wanted £130 for service + checking the valve clearances on my curvy but I ended up doing it myself.

[jambo]

Valve train & head wear differs from engine to engine, and use to use.

All the clearances I've ever adjusted on an SV, or ZX6R have gone tight, rather than loose. This suggest wear on the valve/head surface is faster than the shim, bucket, and cam shaft surfaces.

The result of this is once adjusted most of the time my bike sounds and feels exactly the same, or maybe a little louder.

I would suggest they are checked as-per the schedule laid out, as the will move around regardless of whether the bike's been used hard.

Jambo