My Dad's NC24...again...
 

Thought I'd share with you all some more pictures of my dads project VFR400 NC24; Latelty, the forks have been refurbished, the front wheel bearings replaced, the headrace bearings replaced and a few things polished and painted.....such as this top yoke:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...o/DSC_0025.jpg

For those who love looking at the guts of engines...here are the top's of the gear's that drive the camshafts:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...o/DSC_0028.jpg

Anyone who's done valve clearances on an SV knows its a bit of a faff (although not as faffable as doing them on a VTEC honda...). The NC has an ingenious solution...simple adjusters that you can use your ordinary flat-head screw driver on. Just twiddle to adjust the vavles if they are out of the tolerance limits...no shimming required:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...o/DSC_0029.jpg

Might be running again by febuary :compress:

Re: My Dad's NC24...again...
 

My Vtec honda took about an hour to do the valve clearances on :P

Re: My Dad's NC24...again...
 

Its nothing new, that type of adjustment has been widley used, but tends need shorter adjustment times vs shims

Re: My Dad's NC24...again...
 

Screw and locknut tappets was pretty much the only way to do valve clearances until about 30 years ago. The first car I saw with shims was a Dolomite Sprint I owned in the early 80s.

Bandit 1200s and 600/650s were still using screws and locknuts until recently