WHERES MY SHIM

[chuchu20]

How difficult is it to remove that bolt on the outside of te engine?

[vfrman]

Easy once the carbs are off..10mm wrench IIRC.

[scooble]

happened to me once, but the engine was on the bench, so I had to turn the engine upside down and 'shake it out'. Luckily, the engine was pretty dry so it didn't stick to anything.

[Smev]

Just done the valve clearances on my NC.

Didn't drop any and did stuff rag into all possible holes that the shims could fall into.

Better be safe than sorry.

[Neosophist]

I'll probably search around my work area again tonight.

If no luck how do I take the gear that drives the cams out? Is it the 4 nuts around it.

If that doesn't work I'll probably take the sump out of the right side engine casing.

I took my cam gears out, was a total waste of time for me.

As VFRMAN said theres 4 bolts and one in the centre... the rear cylnder one is a bastard to get to without removing the water pipe in the middle (and you would ideally want to replace the rubber gaskets you disturb) much easier to get clutch / sump off.

[vfrman]

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that damn pipe being in the way!

[chuchu20]

Hey guys so finished the valve clearance the other day.

Thanks for all your help, i took off the right side engine cover and found the shim down in the sump.

[vfrman]

WOO HOO!

Lesson learned, huh?

[amorti]

WOO HOO!

Lesson learned, huh?

Dude, your sig is nearly half a page. Do us all a favour and slim it up a bit please? If you must use this space to mock a fellow member, you can always do it without Quote tags and multi linefeeds, but I would argue it's bad form particularly from a mod.