Valve clearances

[Sligeach]

Now then, camchain adjustment hey?... :poke:

good to hear all went well buddy.
You can get automatic cam chain tensioners, i have one on the kwak, not sure if they are available for the badit4 though

[M1KE]

Bandits got an automatic tensioner as standard.

[Speedy]

Cheers fellas.
Well that's good to hear M1ke! Mine's an import, though god only knows where the engine came from, as it's not the original. The chain didn't look loose, so I guess it's ok!

On the subject of carbs; I was thinking of balancing them with my guages once I put them back on, but then remembered someone saying that carbs can be balanced when they're off using a drill bit??? Can anyone shed any light on this please?

[Raptor]

Flatside carbs can, Never hear of CV's being balanced off the bike mate

[Variablevalves suck]

i did the valve Clearances on the V4 in Feb and on the IL4 (1998 ZX6) about a month ago.

the V4 was ok to do with the help of the haynes, measuing the clearance was easy. it was only pushing the rocker arm aside and putting a new shim in that was hard to do (fat fingers)

the IL4 was easy to measure the clearances too, but you have to undo 20 bolts to get the cams cover off. then take out the followers, then take out the shims, replace them and then re-bolt on the cam cover. the cam chain isnt that bad, but the haynes was essential, i would have been up sh!t creek without a paddle without it.

i,m in the SM3 postcode if you get stuck i'll give you a hand if you're not too far away

Sounds like the job was only 1/3rd done. There are shims as per normal that you check with the VV set to low, this sounds like what you did, then with the VV set to high you have to set the small top hat shims and finally the real pain is with the VV set at low again you have to set the clearence between the high and low shims with the nut and pin and you'll have to have a special tool to do it. VV models STINK beleive me!!!!!!

[gsxr400 racer]

none adjustable it is automatic

[Sligeach]

Sounds like the job was only 1/3rd done. There are shims as per normal that you check with the VV set to low, this sounds like what you did, then with the VV set to high you have to set the small top hat shims and finally the real pain is with the VV set at low again you have to set the clearence between the high and low shims with the nut and pin and you'll have to have a special tool to do it. VV models STINK beleive me!!!!!!

it was on an IL4 ZX6 mate, not a variable valve bandit. i dont follow

[Variablevalves suck]

Pardon my French, taking V4 in the bandit section to mean Variable4 bandit.
Jay,whats automatic?

[gsxr400 racer]

Pardon my French, taking V4 in the bandit section to mean Variable4 bandit.
Jay,whats automatic?

adjusts by its self