Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: consensus on valve lash setting

Author: Allan Johnson

Date: Aug 24, 2003, 11:10 PM

Post ID: 1714271272



OOPS, I already went for a ride. Only a short slow one though.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Etheridge@Moto Guzzi Classics" <Guzzi-@aol.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: consensus on valve lash setting


 Fresh cly,i adjust at 010 010,get hot,dont drive,let sit an hour.restart
get
 hot ,reving it now and again,a little hotter than normal.Tighten header
nuts
 while HOT,lrt cool over night.retorque heads and adjust valves NEXT day,to
006
 in,008 ex..then retorqe again at 300 miles.This is what i have found to be
the
 best way after fooling with these for over 20 years.Mark
www.motoguzziclassics.com

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