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valve lash, need help! 79 kz650 c3.
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26 Jul 2010 21:11 #386127
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valve lash, need help! 79 kz650 c3. was created by 4rugrat1
i just took the valve lash from my 1979 kz650 c3, its
cyllinder #
1-exhaust.0045
intake.007
2-exhaust.0025
intake.003
3-exhaust.004
intake.004
4-exhaust.003
intake.004
is this a normal reading? or should i do some shimming to them? it seems like my bike has gone sluggish and has a stumble between 5-6k rpm. any help is greatly appreciated!!
cyllinder #
1-exhaust.0045
intake.007
2-exhaust.0025
intake.003
3-exhaust.004
intake.004
4-exhaust.003
intake.004
is this a normal reading? or should i do some shimming to them? it seems like my bike has gone sluggish and has a stumble between 5-6k rpm. any help is greatly appreciated!!
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26 Jul 2010 21:15 #386129
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cyllinder 1&4 are running significantly leaner than 2&3, any help about this would be appreciated also!
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26 Jul 2010 23:07 #386147
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Motorcycle Shop Owner/Operator
79 Kawie Z1000 LTD
81 Kawie Z1000 CSR
83 Honda VT750C A
85 Kawie GPZ900 A2
86 Zukie GS1150 EG
93 Yamie XV1100 E
Lucky to have rolled many old bikes through my doors
Replied by TeK9iNe on topic valve lash, need help! 79 kz650 c3.
With those gaps, I would say your problem is not valve lash, and more like carb cleaning/tuning/etc.
You might want to try swapping the #1 intake shim with the #2 exhaust shim to see if they come closer to spec.
GL.
You might want to try swapping the #1 intake shim with the #2 exhaust shim to see if they come closer to spec.
GL.
Motorcycle Shop Owner/Operator
79 Kawie Z1000 LTD
81 Kawie Z1000 CSR
83 Honda VT750C A
85 Kawie GPZ900 A2
86 Zukie GS1150 EG
93 Yamie XV1100 E
Lucky to have rolled many old bikes through my doors
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27 Jul 2010 00:28 - 27 Jul 2010 00:59 #386165
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Replied by 4rugrat1 on topic valve lash, need help! 79 kz650 c3.
my carbs are cleaned i cleaned them good a first time, then doubted my work and went at it again making sure that i had everything SPOTLESS. i have an dyna s and green coils, timing is dead on. but cylinder 1&4 run leaner still. i was looking at my cam chain, and the arrows on the 26th pin apart from eachother, but at tdc, the two arrows do not line up, could this be causing a problem like that? or should i not worry about it? should i move the cam one tooth so that the arrows line up? i also forgot to mention that my compression is vary good, and is not off from eachother much at all.
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