My Valve Adjustment Story So Far: Could Use Some Advice?

[Mustang]

[Colonel Nikolai]

So did you do the helicoil yourself or did you pass it over? :)

The helicoil work needs to get done on the 1996 Sprint, not the Tiger. I sent the cam cap to Mustang to get redone. He's going to do one better than Helicoil: it'll be a steel thread insert.

I learned on the Sprint. The Tiger went smoothly: I actually ran into the same issue on the Tiger, but this time I was prepared. I didn't keep turning. I backed it out and reseated the cover (just gave it a little nudge with the heel of my hand) and it went right in the second time. The big difference: I knew how a cross-thread feels and I knew to back it out instead.

It's really easy to cross thread valve-cover bolts on these bikes! It can turn 3-4 times and hitch just a tiny bit and boom! You blew it! So easy does it and if you're not sure, don't keep going!

[Colonel Nikolai]

I received Mustang's repaired cam cap with the steel insert valve cover thread! Very sophisticated. :applause: thanks again Mustang!



And now it's done! Ran it until the fans kicked in and shut her off. Looks good, no leaks, runs well.