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lennyz600
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valve lifters

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so im in the process of putting my '89 back together and the vavle lifters got all jumbled up, so i have no clue which lifter goes with what valve. how screwed am i? from what im told im up the creek. priced new lifters and had a heartattack. any advice?
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Re: valve lifters

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you talking the shims? Or the buckets?

Eitherway you are going to have to install them, install teh cams and use a feeler gauge to check clearances and remove the cams and adjust accordingly.

Not screwed....or needing to buy new ones...just have a bunch more work than if you had them organized
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Re: valve lifters

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reelrazor wrote:you talking the shims? Or the buckets?

Eitherway you are going to have to install them, install teh cams and use a feeler gauge to check clearances and remove the cams and adjust accordingly.

Not screwed....or needing to buy new ones...just have a bunch more work than if you had them organized
As always RR is on the ball, here is the link to the WIKI how to:-

http://fzronline.com/wiki/doku.php?id=h ... clearances

& the clearance calculator program how to:-


http://fzronline.com/wiki/doku.php?id=shimswap

the actual prog :-

http://www.logicminds.biz/motorcycles/shimulator.html
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