valve adjustment

Ish

Ish

Ish

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Hi

Ignoring the interval for adjusting valves how would you know if a bike needs the valves adjusting? Is there a certain noise they make when they need adjustement?
 
wazza300 said:
How many miles? They get tighter as the shims wear

EDIT: im guessing you'd get valve seat damage from them smashing into valve seats more as they get tighter? and difficulty starting

I get mild top end rattle but mostly the rattles are coming from the clutch basket and a bit from cam chain tensioner,starting and power wise its still good
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My bike has just hit 22k and it's never had them checked/adjusted.

I'm going to book it in at a for 2 weeks time so will let you know how much it costs!
 
The cost was 3 hours labour @ £35 per hour to strip check and put back together.

All mine were within tolerances but had it needed any shims it would have been the cost of the shims and another hours labour on top.
 
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