I am following the haynes manual to check the valve clearances on my bike.
I did the front as per the book saying that the lobes should point away from each other and got some intresting things.
My intake and exhaust are off. They are under the specified amount. I was getting readings of .05 for the intakes and .10 for the exhaust.
Now the rear became odd.
I did not matter that the alignment was on R the lobes would never point away from eachother like on the front cylinder. They would point up. Is this normal? The piston is at the top of its stroke though and the valves are all closed.
I also got readings similer to the front.
Seems like the shims are too big on my bike. Would this be because the valves are worn down?
Im not putting the bike back together in case the shims do need to be changed.
<table border="1"><tr><td></td><td colspan="2" align="center">Front</td><td colspan="2" align="center">Rear</td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td><td>Exhaust</td><td>Intake</td><td>Intake</td><td>Exhaust</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Right</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.10</td><td>0.10</td><td>0.15</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Left</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.10</td><td>0.10</td><td>0.15</td></tr></table>