Valve clearance check

By the way, if you use the aforementioned tool, control the condition of the metal on the legs, after several valves the metal cuts. The tool does not require precise adjustment, if you change the shims one by one, and not a pair, it will turn out faster ..
 

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Sonny
 
For me using the tool works great on only a couple valves, but if that many are off I would rather check all clearances, write them down, remove cams and mike shims as I remove them from buckets and list in order. Then you can figure out what to buy. You might get lucky and determine a few you can use on other valves. I believe I paid $7- $8.00 ea. at dealer. Be wise to mike new ones to make sure they are what they say, things happen. Good luck, patience and effort takes luck out of the equation.
 
sonny I would not impose. I need to do this. Should’ve installed the cams myself in the first place and I’m paying the price now.
 
Sets of 1" Japanese Std shims are sold by this guy on eBay he has dozens of sets of different sizes all miked with details of his micrometer and some actual versus stated printed sizes.

I found this text on an expensive shim dealers listings.

So if you consider ALL of that on this other bloke's offerings.
27 sets listed of different sizes and numbers of shims with duplicates available too.

Lots of these are measured at the supposedly hard to find mid sizes much much cheaper than the first dealers offerings of single shims.

DO NOT BUY THE 1st set you see!

Check you clearances first and buy the smallest set that meets your needs.


READ his detailed descriptions too!
 
Ishrub you are truly a great help to people
 
Something that was touched on above, dealers will some times swap shims with customers for a small fee. ALWAYS bring your own micrometer and verify the thickness of the shims to you are buying. Because the cam rides directly on the shim, it is a wear item. Any shim that has been ran in an engine has probably changed size from what is marked on it.