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How Cold is Cold (for valve adjust)

You guys are right - overnight. However, we didn't wait that long in the dealers on a service. If you leave the valve checks till last and do an oil / filter change and everything else on a full service, have a cup of tea and a biscuit, tinker with something else for a few minutes and then you'll get away with it. Did loads like that back in the day and never had any problems. Around 2 hours start to finish (though some bikes obviously sat for longer).
 
hampshirehog said:
You guys are right - overnight. However, we didn't wait that long in the dealers on a service. If you leave the valve checks till last and do an oil / filter change and everything else on a full service, have a cup of tea and a biscuit, tinker with something else for a few minutes and then you'll get away with it. Did loads like that back in the day and never had any problems. Around 2 hours start to finish (though some bikes obviously sat for longer).
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So I'm guessing engine case/head temperature below 90 degrees is sufficent
 
rapidray said:
Ed, if the guy is riding it to your house to do the valves, dump the oil & put a fan in front of the engine. It will take no longer than 2 hours to cool it off this way. If you leave the oil in it, it WILL take longer to cool off. The oil holds the heat is the issue & if you drain it you will be good to go in a couple of hours. Make the guy bring enough beer for the wait time!!! :D Ray.
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I was thinking this exact same thing. Great minds think alike.:rolleyes:

Going to propose we do a valve adjustment after a cool down period and then perform a follow up check when the bike is cold.

I'll let you guys know how it plays out.
 
GS1100GK said:
Okay, so the rule is DRAIN the bike of oil, FILL mechanic with beer. Check. :p

Have him bring a new filter, oring and oil, perhaps ignitor cover gasket, breather gasket, valve cover gasket, right?

- JC
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Breather gasket is optional, depending on the specific model.

I'm curious to see if any measurable difference can be found between overnight cold and just sorta cool. I doubt it's detectable with ordinary feelers.
 
So 45 min. with a fan blowing on the engine (after dropping the oil) did the trick. Engine was cool to the touch and the clearances were as expected.

Stupid me, I broke my nice dial type Snap-On torque wrench trying to torque the head nuts (too much stiction in the threads resulted in a shock feeding into the wrench) - should have broke the nuts loose with a breaker bar first. Yet one more "lesson learned" - should have know better.
 
Sorry about your wrench Ed, that sucks...

I have a question though - when you are going to re-torque the head bolts when doing a valve adjust, do you typically loosen them all at one time, then tighten them in the manual recommened criss-cross method?

Or should you loosen/tighten them one-at-a-time?
 
hikermikem said:
Sorry about your wrench Ed, that sucks...

I have a question though - when you are going to re-torque the head bolts when doing a valve adjust, do you typically loosen them all at one time, then tighten them in the manual recommened criss-cross method?

Or should you loosen/tighten them one-at-a-time?
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Going to crack open that wrench and see if I can fix it. A small screw/nut sheared off. Fingers crossed...

I do the nuts one at a time. Crack it loose just a little then make it up again. Best to use the OE tightening pattern.
 
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