Shimmy shimmy shimmy

[Bendy]

Can anyone beat needing 15 valve shims?

Mmmmmm 8 hours labour.

Mmmmmm expensiveness.

[Kris]

I needed 12 when I had mine done. Hmm official Honda dealer...can you say ripoff?
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[Bendy]

[M1ke]

After 28000km My bike was said to be in perfect condition and needed no new shims or adjustment, can anyone beat that?

[Ste]

8 hours labour. Thats the same as "Suzuki Mechanic of the Year" (ha!) took to strip and rebuild my gearbox. Although I believe he took some drastic time saving measure during the reassembly.

[Bendy]

They probably just couldn't be bothered with the fiddliness of it, I remember Goose spouting forth some very inventive swear words involving the small-handed Japanese when he was doing the spark plugs.

[Bendy]

[M1ke]

The mechanic that did the work for me actually took photos of the work he did and posted them on visordown (not sure where the post is now) Anyway he couldn't get over how tiny everything was, he actually praised the design of it and said he really enjoyed working on it.

The spark plugs in my 106 are harder to get at than the cbr250's

[ZaphodBeeble]

Wow 15 of the buggers. They can be a nightmare if you haven't got the tools. You have to measure each of them to get its thickness and also measure the distance between it and the cam lobe. They actually fit in between the top of your valves and the bit of the cam that pushes down on them. They wear out after a while (as you have noticed ) and usually cost about a fiver each. Your valves will open wider now so the bike will perform a bit better.
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[kev]

[MarJay]

15 valve shims? Does the bike feel VAASTLY better now? I bet it does !
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[Kickstart]

Hi

When Kev (not our Kev, the one from VisorDown) did the shims on my FZ for me there were 19 (out of 20) out of spec. 10 he managed to correct by swapping shims round, 9 needed to be bought.

The shims should not wear out. On the FZ the shims are under the buckets that make contact with the cams. To change the shims you need to remove the cams.

All the best

Keith
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[Druid]

[swaffs]

Bendy,
how many miles have you done?

If you don't mind saying how much did it cost?
something too look forward to no doubt...
!!!

[Ste]

I'd guess in the region of £400, going on £50 per hour then parts.

Shims need doing every 16,000 miles swaffs.

[M1ke]

Thanks for finding that Druid, I had searched for it before with no luck. It's still an interesting read without the photos

[Bendy]

[Ste]

[Bendy]

Funny, the guy called to tell me the price and I said 'Oh well, could be worse. I could have just bought a TLR and had the gearbox fall to bits'.

[cliff]

[Ste]

[swaffs]

hehehe...

I still got another 10k at least to go then........

Is the 'BIG' service at 15k then?

[Bendy]

Should be at 16k, but I left it til 19k cos I was in denial.