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Old July 16th, 2017, 03:30 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Z1R rider View Post
Kaw and others made a valve depressor tool for my old KZ so you could get the shims out without removing the cams also, and the shims have the size inked on the backside so you know what the thickness is and can figure the size you need to get in spec. just wondering if the 250s shims are marked also. I've only had to adjust the valves on the Z1R twice in 70K miles.
Yeah, when you get rocker arms out of the valve train you reduce the wear points and extend maintenance intervals.

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