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Valve Checks vs. Adjustment Required Poll
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1299227" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>Good find there.</p><p></p><p>One error in his reply though... the shims under the buckets are not hardened. But that is a commonly held misconception since all of the other valve train parts are hardened, and it's not really significant to his point.</p><p></p><p>The reason that other, more old fashioned valve designs (like rocker arm, desmodromic, etc.) give you a some warning noise when they need adjustment is because the valve train parts are what is wearing the fastest and the clearances are <em>growing</em>. In the case of the shim under bucket design, like our trusty FJRs have, the hardened cam lobe is rubbing (relatively gently) against the hardened bucket top in an area of good oil supply, so the wear of the valve train is minuscule. That means wear is mostly in the actual valve faces and valve seats.</p><p></p><p>As valve seats wear the clearances decrease. They will actually make less noise as they approach zero clearance. When the clearance goes past zero the valves cease to close fully and you start burning up valves and destroying the head. All without making any noise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1299227, member: 3828"] Good find there. One error in his reply though... the shims under the buckets are not hardened. But that is a commonly held misconception since all of the other valve train parts are hardened, and it's not really significant to his point. The reason that other, more old fashioned valve designs (like rocker arm, desmodromic, etc.) give you a some warning noise when they need adjustment is because the valve train parts are what is wearing the fastest and the clearances are [I]growing[/I]. In the case of the shim under bucket design, like our trusty FJRs have, the hardened cam lobe is rubbing (relatively gently) against the hardened bucket top in an area of good oil supply, so the wear of the valve train is minuscule. That means wear is mostly in the actual valve faces and valve seats. As valve seats wear the clearances decrease. They will actually make less noise as they approach zero clearance. When the clearance goes past zero the valves cease to close fully and you start burning up valves and destroying the head. All without making any noise. [/QUOTE]
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