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Originally Posted by Monkeytofu
Doy.
Went to go pick up a friend dropping off her 250 at a mechanic and I went ahead and asked him. I had a feeling the new noise was something that was my fault. As soon as I revved the engine in front of him he went "Yup, it's a loose valve." Going to go ahead and readjust that this week.
should I go ahead and loctite those bolts? They didn't seem to have any (although I saw evidence of loctite in there) when I adjusted it earlier.
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I've done the valves on three different Ninjas now and I have yet to see any loctite on the nuts. Just torque them to the proper spec - no more. You need about 12 ft-lbs of torque. Since you can't really get a torque wrench in there, I suggest practicing with a torque wrench in a vice to get the feel of 12 lbs at the proper moment arm before you start. Too much torque will destroy the engine - LITERALLY!