diy.. valve adjustment

[1badtitan90]

Has anyone done this. I have 7000 miles and will be due this winter for sure.. any specialty tools or anything to help me along the way.. I was told it would be 500 at the dealer.. that's why I'm looking at doing it myself

 

[oh9bolt]

PM Loki

 

[heagachongoose]

Never done it on a Buell but did my own valve adjustments on my old r6. As for the actual adjustment you will need a good set of shim gauges and a gentle touch. You can probably take the shims that need adjusted to your dealer and swap them for the correct adjusted size instead of buying a new set. Shims get expensive.

 

[1badtitan90]

I have a few guys I work with that could help me and I guess I'm just seeing if its more worth me doing it myself so I can get the knowledge of the engine and safe some cash.. I plan to get it done this winter.. I may also be looking to upgrade rotor and stator as well at the same time...

 

[heagachongoose]

Idk about the stator procedure, and the rotor couldn't betreat difficult. Honestly a valve adjustment isn't really difficult either, just tedious. But like I said, I personally have never adjusted valves on a Buell but I couldn't imagine it being too bad.

 

[d_adams]

Do the valve adjustment with the frame off. I'd drain the oil first, then break the rotor nut loose, do that swap, followed by pulling the frame for the valve adjustment. It's only about another 30 minutes of work beyond the normal engine rotate by removing a few more things and wrestling with it to get it off and it is 100x easier to work on the engine once it's sitting there exposed. Oh yeah, drain the fuel out of the tank, makes it a bit lighter.

You will need the crank locking tool to get the rotor off. I think they recommend the cam locking tool for the valve adjustment, but I've done mine a couple of times now and have yet to see the need for it. If you were going to degree the cams, yeah, I could see needing it. If you don't have a good lift in the garage, that would be where I'd spend the first $600+ on if you have the room for it.

 

[1badtitan90]

I talked to the Buell guy at my local Harley shop and he said he has done 3 on an 1125 and not one of that needed any adjustment.. all 3 were above 10k and and one had just shy of 15.. one was a track bike as well..

 

[d_adams]

I've done mine twice now and it needed adjustments both times, so take that how you will. I may be harder on mine that the guys near you are, I'm constantly "testing" mine.

 

[1badtitan90]

I ride the hell out of it..

 

[Loki]

Yeah its not hard to adjust its just a pain getting to the heads. If I can do it you can do it. Though triple check your math later cause I feel like I have one valve out of spec cause its pretty noisy now.