Shims - SV650.org

08-07-05, 03:30 PM

Coing upto 15 and a half K on the clock on my k3 and notice ever so slightly the "tappets" starting to knock. Does anybody out there have any info on changing the shims, and where I can buy them. Also are they set to standard sizes..

08-07-05, 04:15 PM

aint got a clue matey.

timwilky · 08-07-05, 04:24 PM

My limited experience would suggest it is very unusually for re-shimming to be required. Are you sure you have not got a noisy cam chain as "they all do that, sir"

Sid Squid · 08-07-05, 11:12 PM

Tim's right, the valves rarely go out of adjustment, the camchain tensioners however are often a bit lazy and need a little help to make them work right.

13-07-05, 05:21 AM

ok cheers guys

08-07-05, 03:30 PM	#1
bobbydee Guest Posts: n/a	Shims Coing upto 15 and a half K on the clock on my k3 and notice ever so slightly the "tappets" starting to knock. Does anybody out there have any info on changing the shims, and where I can buy them. Also are they set to standard sizes..

08-07-05, 04:24 PM	#3
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	My limited experience would suggest it is very unusually for re-shimming to be required. Are you sure you have not got a noisy cam chain as "they all do that, sir" __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

08-07-05, 11:12 PM	#4
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Tim's right, the valves rarely go out of adjustment, the camchain tensioners however are often a bit lazy and need a little help to make them work right. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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08-07-05, 04:15 PM	#2
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	aint got a clue matey.

13-07-05, 05:21 AM	#5
bobbydee Guest Posts: n/a	ok cheers guys