KZ1000P Valve adjustment
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Re: KZ1000P Valve adjustment
04 Oct 2015 09:54That's kind of where I am heading with this. The cam journal looks fine... I suppose I would need to reassemble and check valve clearances again?daveo wrote: ..but I would just replace that pair of bearings and leave it at that.
It doesn't appear that the cam bearing journal was damaged at all, but if that bearing were slightly further over, we'd be discussing where to get a good motor. My guess is that it was an assembly mistake, and has not shifted since...how would or could it?
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2016 Yamaha FJR1300ES
1982 GPz750 R1
1974 Kawasaki H1
1976 Kawasaki KZ400
1979 Yamaha XS650 cafe'
2001 KZ1000P (sold)
2001 Yamaha YZ426
1981 Honda XR200 stroked in an '89 CR125 chassis
1965 Mustang
1967 Triumph GT6
1976 Bronco
"If you didn't build it, it's not really yours"
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Re: KZ1000P Valve adjustment
04 Oct 2015 10:29ThatGPzGuy wrote:That's kind of where I am heading with this. The cam journal looks fine... I suppose I would need to reassemble and check valve clearances again?daveo wrote: ..but I would just replace that pair of bearings and leave it at that.
It doesn't appear that the cam bearing journal was damaged at all, but if that bearing were slightly further over, we'd be discussing where to get a good motor. My guess is that it was an assembly mistake, and has not shifted since...how would or could it?
For as often as you get in there, I'd double/triple check...and rest assured.
Do your head a favor, use clamps to pull the cam caps down...not the bolts. That is, before removing and installing the cap bolts.
I know this, because I stripped more than one before the clamp idea dawned on me.
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