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VALVE CHECK REALLY NECESSARY?????
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
A couple threads in the last week or so.
Consensus: No at the 28,000 mile mark. I have had two valve checks on two different :spyder2:,s and there was no adjustment need. One at 12,000 and one at 28,000. Approx $600 extra for the service.
Word of caution though: It's your call, and that is not what the service manual recommends.
Consensus: No at the 28,000 mile mark. I have had two valve checks on two different :spyder2:,s and there was no adjustment need. One at 12,000 and one at 28,000. Approx $600 extra for the service.
Word of caution though: It's your call, and that is not what the service manual recommends.
FIRECAT
Member
Thanks see we are worrying for nothing! Ill take my chances! So its 300$ each time? Any one else have it done!
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Correction: it's an extra $600 each time. I have spent $1200 and needed no adjustments.
Here is a thread with both sides of the story.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?49809-Valve-adjustment-question
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Bob Denman
New member
We've heard some encouraging anecdotes that seem to show that it's okay to "stretch it out" a bit longer than the factory suggestion.
Of course; it IS your choice to make! :shocked:
As for me: I'll let it slide until perhaps the end of NEXT season... I hope to be up over 24,000 miles by then.
Of course; it IS your choice to make! :shocked:
As for me: I'll let it slide until perhaps the end of NEXT season... I hope to be up over 24,000 miles by then.
Chupaca
New member
Little help..!!
At harbor freight they sell a mechanics stethescope with a long needle probe. I used this to listen to valves on many machines. If they are loose you will notice because they will sound different from the rest. Seldom if ever will all need adjustment at the same time. Also helps hear other internal problems or your own heart beat...:thumbup:
At harbor freight they sell a mechanics stethescope with a long needle probe. I used this to listen to valves on many machines. If they are loose you will notice because they will sound different from the rest. Seldom if ever will all need adjustment at the same time. Also helps hear other internal problems or your own heart beat...:thumbup:
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
??? I've read a lot of plugs in my time, but that's the first time I have ever heard it being related to the state of one's valve adjustment. I suppose it could theoretically carbon up valves if you had enough leakage to lower compression below that needed for the fuel to fire, but even opening the intake valves several thousanths more as the clearance reduces, should not significantly affect the fuel charge enough to soot up the plugs...especially in these days of automatically adjusting electronic fuel injection.
flamingobabe
...in the pink (Girls On Spyders)
I had my values checked at 40,000+ and all was good
Dick Wells
New member
IMHO, a personal thing that is quite dependent on one's resistance to worry, given that we know the dang valve lash will (probably) tighten with age. I was concerned about my 08 RS, starting as soon as I passed the 6K mark, and worried about it till almost 7K, at which time I tore into the project and checked them myself. Only thing I accomplished was peace of mind, and the knowledge that I'd saved myself some money. I do remember that they were near the low for clearance.A very knowledgable (and well-known/respected) dealer service tech has told me that of all the hundreds of Spyders that they've checked, not one needed thinner shims! That one piece of info was enough to keep me from fretting about my valves until I get well past the 10+K miles I have on my unit now. So, I expect that if I'm lucky enough to Ryde into the mid twenties with the thing, then I might just see fit to delve into it again. Uh, ---------- maybe not.
Meanwhile, I hear plenty of noises in there to keep me concerned about what's goin on. I try to console myself with what I've heard and read about this engines' reputation for being real tough, and being encouraged that my oil stays remarkably clean, and I don't seem to burn any.
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