Valve clearances and gsxr600 shock settings - SV650.org

17-11-05, 07:30 PM

Hello everyone, i've just serviced my friends sv650s K3, all the valve clearance were very tight with some of the inlets being exactly 0.10 mm and the exhausts 0.20. The bike has done 8000 miles and has never been serviced until now. Will it be ok to leave the clearances like they are, i know there tight but there still in spec so would it be ok to check it again in another few thousand miles? Also how hard is it to remove the cams and change the shims? i've always been spoiled by gear driven cams so no messing about!

Secondly i've fitted a gsxr600 k3 rear shock to it, can anyone give me the standard setting for rebound and compression and any tips for the sv

Cheers guys and gals

Sid Squid · 17-11-05, 08:29 PM

At the figures you mention, all is in tolerance so need to fuss, if it was my own personal bike I'd set everything right in the middle of the allowable range, that way it's odds on the longest time 'til you need to do it again.

BillyC · 17-11-05, 09:44 PM

How long's a piece of string?

As for the valve clearances... you've got another 5000 miles or so until they're first due, and usually don't need doing then. So at 8000 it's very premature.

17-11-05, 07:30 PM	#1
fatmanracing Guest Posts: n/a	Valve clearances and gsxr600 shock settings Hello everyone, i've just serviced my friends sv650s K3, all the valve clearance were very tight with some of the inlets being exactly 0.10 mm and the exhausts 0.20. The bike has done 8000 miles and has never been serviced until now. Will it be ok to leave the clearances like they are, i know there tight but there still in spec so would it be ok to check it again in another few thousand miles? Also how hard is it to remove the cams and change the shims? i've always been spoiled by gear driven cams so no messing about! Secondly i've fitted a gsxr600 k3 rear shock to it, can anyone give me the standard setting for rebound and compression and any tips for the sv Cheers guys and gals

17-11-05, 08:29 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	At the figures you mention, all is in tolerance so need to fuss, if it was my own personal bike I'd set everything right in the middle of the allowable range, that way it's odds on the longest time 'til you need to do it again. __________________ 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"

17-11-05, 09:44 PM	#3
BillyC Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The exiles of Kent Posts: 2,184	How long's a piece of string? As for the valve clearances... you've got another 5000 miles or so until they're first due, and usually don't need doing then. So at 8000 it's very premature. __________________ SV650 K3 - Gone. Now a member of the SV650.org Kawasaki brigade!

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