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Grinding Valve Shims - Anyone tried it?

shims

shims

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Hey Reno,
I thought shims were sold in kits at denniskirk.com ?

Seems to me $15 a shim is excessive, but.....

Here the local honda/suzuki/yamaha/kawasaki/polaris etc shops were all bought out and put under one roof. Guess what? all the prices suddenly went up!

Nooo!!!

Last time I went in (over an hour away) the kid behind the counter said,
"What kinda of bike is a CB750?!!!" Haven't been back there in a while.
peace,
michel
 
grinding shims

grinding shims

If you can do it for free as I did (buddy at a machine shop did them for me) they can turn out pretty well. My buddy worked at an aircraft shop, which has a CNC grinder and a magnetic chuck. You NEED to be absolutely certain that they can de-magnetize the shims after the grinding operation though. You can also do it yourself by running the shim through a spiral of wire with 110vac going through it. The A/C current will take away any magnetizing done, just MAKE SURE that you are not wearing any sort of watch while doing this, as it will ruin it. I learned the hard way (110 dollar citizen turns to a paperweight). arg.

Shaun
 
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