Thepen
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I know this isn't a Honda engine, but I'm assuming our engines got put together the same way. Its funny how we're all tip-toe'y about torque specs, and they just impact everything lol
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I manufactured knives for industrial applications for a couple decades and I just want to throw in something, please consider that the second sentence has no logical relation to the first.At 3:30 he set the valves in less than 10 seconds without a feeler gauge. Sometimes we Americans really over-think this stuff.
Exactly! You only need a feeler gauge once to set the gap. Before you "snug it", turn the bolt in and count the rotations until it touches. Back it back out, double check if you like, and snug it. How many guys actually take the time to do that. If you do this once (and remember) you can set the valves every time without a feeler gauge. Should take you longer to get the covers off and find TDC than to set the valve clearance. I've never had to ride around with a valve clearance gauge before but I get the impression that certain things on this bike get loose/worn out on the road fairly often and you may need to pull over and address it. (Stock chain, valves, sparkplug.)These assemblers know how far from snug to turn a bolt to get a gap that's good enough and maybe dead on. If you know the thread pitch you can divide a full rotation into useful measurements so 1/4 turn equals .xxx" or whatever.