[DML] Re: Valve adjustment? (In response to DMC Joe and David T)

["endotex23" <endotex23@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
>The only question that remains in my mind is how easily I should be 
able to slide the feeler gauge in between the valve lobe and the 
rocker arm.<

I'm puzzled. I also assumed you were asking about how to set the 
crankshaft/camshaft. That's the hardest part to understand and even 
it's pretty easy. Operating a feeler gauge takes no brains at all. 
I'm  puzzled as to why so many responded that it does. You're setting 
a clearance,you want it to be as close to the gauge dimension as 
possble without being unable to remove it. That why it's called a 
gauge. How hard is that to figure out? God help you if you ever have 
to work within a few thousandths or worse, tenths.

If you know how to set the crank but not how to operate a feeler gauge
maybe you shouldn't even be doing this kind of work. It's like 
putting the cart way before the horse. The procedure is in the 
service manual but any car with a similiar setup is adjusted the same 
way. All you need to know is the clearence spec and whether it's done 
hot or cold.

Greg








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