1977 KZ 1000 b1 LTD running rough

davelKZ1000 wrote:

here we go again kz pic

i think my handlebars are aftermarket because they seem to be more curved than the others i have seen

any input on that

look like stockers to me....or as a guy i used to ride with said....."sittin at the dinner table bars"....

So I am preparing myself for this valve adjustment.

front from left to right 1-4
was .002 .004 .002 less than .002

Rear from left to right 1-4
was .003 .004 .004 .004

The book calls for from .002 to .005

so i was planning on adjusting front #1, 3, and 4

where should i set them at?
What do you think?

davelKZ1000 wrote:

So I am preparing myself for this valve adjustment.

front from left to right 1-4
was .002 .004 .002 less than .002

Rear from left to right 1-4
was .003 .004 .004 .004

The book calls for from .002 to .005

so i was planning on adjusting front #1, 3, and 4

where should i set them at?
What do you think?

dave,
just remember .002-.005 is inches if using metric feelers its gonna be .05 to .10......obviously youre going the inch route...just wanted you to be aware....

if it were me ,i would use metric feelers as the shims are going to have metric measuremnts on them and the math is gonna be alot easier....but thats just me....

that makes sense. Ill have to get metric feeler gages cool.
i bought feeler gauges to check the points...than i needed smaller ones for the valves....now i got to get the metric feeler gauges. so funny...lol :silly:

so should i adjust all the ones that are .002 or less?
do you have a recomendation as to what to set them at?

Any tips on actually adjusting them?

Im still not sure i dd them exactly right.

You said turn the crank till they were 180 degrees away from the buckets which i assum is the valves....so i measure when the cames point away from valves... is that right?

The reason i ask is because the book says to line up the marks on the came chain sproket measure two than turn one complete resolution and line up marks again and measure the other two. but when i did this there was not always two pointing away....or it was not exact.

davelKZ1000 wrote:

those plugs are all new......

Then they have had a hard, short life.....

davelKZ1000 wrote:

so should i adjust all the ones that are .002 or less?

I run mine .003 - .005"

davelKZ1000 wrote:

Im still not sure i dd them exactly right.

You said turn the crank till they were 180 degrees away from the buckets which i assum is the valves....so i measure when the cames point away from valves... is that right?

I think that's correct

davelKZ1000 wrote:

The reason i ask is because the book says to line up the marks on the came chain sproket measure two then turn one complete revolution and line up marks again and measure the other two. but when i did this there was not always two pointing away....or it was not exact.

I had not heard that before. I always point the cam directly away from the valve. Also, keep turning in the normal direction of rotation and don't reverse direction as that will take the tension off the cam chain and can let the camshaft shift in the journals. On mine, it can slightly affect clearance readings.

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just for your info one shim size roughly the same as.002" go down one size on the ones that are reading .002" and it should be just about perfect.

Is the front intake or exhaust? Should the exhausted be different. From the intake

Front exhaust near header. Rear intake near carbs. Roy