adjusting the shims .

is there any one in essex who is willing to
help me do my shims .
check them and help me fit new ones if needed
il be willing to pay
or i can offer work in return
i can weld and spray very good,
done many spray jobs on bikes n cars,
cheers

[Jayneflakes]

SV shims are not really that bad, fiddly yes, but not that bad if you take your time and are methodical.

I have just done mine and if I can do them, any one can. The Haynes manual has a great guide inside to help you choose the new ones if they are needed and e-Bay has shims in bags of three for a lot less than main dealers are charging for one single one.

When I checked mine, the rear cylinder was perfect and only three on the front needed adjusting. Give your engine a good clean first though, the front cylinder can get a built up of grot that you do not want dropping on to your cams. The hardest part if you do need to change some shims is removing the cam chain tensioners, the gasket on this part is a bit feeble and breaks up, so does require some care to replace.

Good luck

[johnnyrod]

Checking isn't too hard as Jayne says, changing is quite a job as you need to take out the buckets just to see the size of the old shims, the order new ones, then do it again to fit them. The reality is that with these bikes they change very little indeed. If you want a silly example, after 40k miles, two sets of camshafts, and two different lots of cylinder heads (all tuning work not failures), I've never had to change any shims, at all.

Which year is your bike? The earliest adjusters were crap anyway, but they need removing really to get the camshafts out. The later ratchet type can be released by removing the end plug of the tensioner, and the spring behind it, then you can put a thin screwdriver down the camchain tunnel and press the ratchet lever to release the tension. If you want I can explain a bit better, but it can release enough tension to get the camshafts out.

mine is 2007 model

im realy looking for some one to assist me with it

im not looking to do it on my own thanks guys

so please any one in essex ,please help and il help you
with money or welding ,painting ect,

thanks for replies guys,

[Jayneflakes]

Sorry I can't help, although it has been many years since I have been to Essex, I am not sure that I can persuade the other half to ride that far for a cam chain.

I understand your desire to have help, I asked the other half to go through it with me and then to check my work after I had completed it. It is reassuring to have some one more experienced on hand just in case something is not right. Fortunately I was able to get it spot on, but I am dreading the day I have to do the back cylinder too. I think that when that day comes, I am taking the engine out and doing it on my bed so I can have a comfy seat!

what a shame
thanks for the advice ,lol

if any one else can helpplease do let me know,cheers si

[maviczap]

Your problem is there aren't that many Orger's in that part of the world.

You're a bit too far from me and you've got a pointy, so I don't know much about them under the tank, although the engine is the same.

Checking the clearances isn't difficult, its just a question of removing the cam covers, turning the engine over until the cams are in the right position and sticking a feeler gauge in.

After that, it gets tricky, depending on how many shims need changing.

One question no one has asked is how many miles has your bike done?

From what I've read about SV's & valve clearances, they don't need doing often, as the clearances stay within tolerance,, even on high mileage engines. Even then its only one or two that need changing.

Depends on how the engine has been treated I suppose

18,000miles
realy wanted to check chain too
need some one who knows what they doing.
im willing to travel a bit if that helps,

[johnnyrod]

I hope you mean the camchain?

Drop Spannerman a line, he's somewhere like south/west London I think:http://www.stewarts-motorcycles.co.uk/default.html

Also I think 21quest was getting into business, but it's been an age since we spoke, you could drop him a line, he's in the Gatwick area

[jonny.boyd]

+1 on Stewart - used him a lot when I had my SV, and still does a service every year on my VFR. Top bloke! Bring a pack of biscuits with you!