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Originally Posted by Pplater
My mechanic insists valve clearance checks are a waste of money, and you know what? Turns out he was right and saved me the money.
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Checking valves is not a waste of time or money.
That said, if I'm correct, the FZ has valves clearance set with shims of a certain thickness, and this kind of technology makes that valve clearance is much more stable in time than with other more traditional screw/counter screw adjustment.
I suppose that's what your mechanic meant.
The drawback with shims is that there's much more work involved if any adjustment is required.
1. You need to go to your dealer and buy (order?) the shim(s) of correct thickness after you measured the clearance.
2. You need to lift the camshaft to replace the shim underneath.
Screw/counter screw clearance is not as stable as shims, but if adjustment is required then that only involves a bit of screwing, as the name implies. In particular you don't need to visit your dealer.
So there's good and bad with both options.
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