Nice job on a Sunday afternoon.

[iancav6]

After 7 years of owning the FZR1000 I thought I'd better check the valve clearances as they are long overdue.
The cam cover had started to weep oil aswell; two birds,one stone and all that.
Looks a simple enough job,20 valves to measure and adjust,

[iangsi]

I take it, it didn't go well then.

[btcctroy]

Do you not have to adjust by changing the shims

[iancav6]

I take it, it didn't go well then.

Only got the cover off this afternoon,need some different feelers from work to measure it up.

Do you not have to adjust by changing the shims

That's correct,will have to measure it, if any need adjustment,take the cams out and see what size shims are under the buckets and buy the right sizes.

[Super89]

Thats like the 1.7TD Cavs, Dont have to take the cam out tho

[iancav6]

Measured the clearances,all the inlets were too tight,exhausts all ok.
Found a guy not far from here had a load of shims going cheap.
Put the new shims in,remeasured all ok bar one which is a bit snug,so will redo next weekend.
pic of the inlet cam out of the way,note that its a 5 valve head,bit of a Yamaha fad at the time.

[Cavalier342]

How can you tell it's a 5 valve, I don't even know what I'm looking at

[Hayward691]

Nice!!! Was a bitch to do on my Cinquecento and that only had 8...
But then again... The cam shaft had worn the carriers and had uber movement...
Took me an age to find the right size shims... Had to get a couple machined for me too...

[iancav6]

How can you tell it's a 5 valve, I don't even know what I'm looking at

3x inlet valves in purple,2x exhaust in red