First time checking valve clearance

I'll probably just change 3, 6, 7, and 8 then check them again next spring. Now to get the timing fixed and hopefully I can shake loose the kink that's probably in the chain.

If you replace them you'll have the right sizes for a couple of the marginal ones.
Steve

While your doing it I wonder if you should do #1 and #5 too getting them up to .006 ....... could save you from doing it again for a good long while...... I did all mine closer to .006 to .007 just for that reason. Don't tighten the cam holder bolts anymore than 70 to 80 "inch lbs" too..... I went 70 to be on the safe side........

Yeah I might as well do those too while I've got it torn apart

I always buy a couple the next size down just to have on hand. I now have the full range for mine.
Steve

Well I finally got the valves taken care of and the bike is idling a million times better and compression is great now that I threw some mystery oil in the cylinders. I pulled the carbs at some point in the process to do something else and when I put them back on I had zero vacuum on carb 4 and carb 3 was pouring fuel out the overflow. I finally ally gave up and took it to a mechanic today though

kzharpe wrote: I pulled the carbs at some point in the process to do something else and when I put them back on I had zero vacuum on carb 4 and carb 3 was pouring fuel out the overflow. I finally gave up and took it to a mechanic today though

Nothing wrong with bringing it to someone when you've decided its time. I didn't even want to try messing with carbs so I sent mine to WG. When they come back I shouldn't need to worry about them at all!

Bear in mind that a good quality fuel filter will go a long way toward preventing overflowing carbs due to a tiny piece of debris caught in a float valve.

Little B wrote:

kzharpe wrote: When they come back I shouldn't need to worry about them at all!

Wrong! They still need to be synchronized! Bench synchronizing is not perfect.

They will be set up by a pro, not a hack.
Steve

The crank has 2 to 1 leverage on the cam shaft. And the cam has a lot of leverage at the beginning of movement. So be careful. When it stops, you stop.

swest wrote: They will be set up by a pro, not a hack.
Steve

So you saying bench synchronizing is perfect if done right and bike adjustment is not needed?
Holding wire under slide doesn't seem like very complicated job to me.