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Zathera

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Doing valve clearance with .038mm gauge
« on: April 14, 2013, 02:36:48 PM »
Hello my fellow agility 50 owners. Today, I'm going to try and do my valve clearance (after 5000 miles of neglect...) I was shopping around for feeler gauges and the only ones I can get my hands on are .038 mm... I was just wondering if you guys think that would be okay to work with... Like, is .002 mm a big difference? I was going to see if I can get the valve to touch the gauge, then loosen it a tiny bit to make up for it. Well, what do you guys think?

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Re: Doing valve clearance with .038mm gauge
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2013, 01:12:47 AM »
Its best to have the right gauges. I do my agilty at .03 on both top and bottom valve. .02 will be to tight mine are more of a lose .03 the cages you should beable to find at any cycle shope or hardware store.

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Re: Doing valve clearance with .038mm gauge
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2013, 05:00:49 PM »
Sears has a cheap set:
http://www.sears.com/kd-tools-metric-feeler-gauge/p-00994117000P

It looks good,  unless you need an bent gauge for accessibility.

But Auto Parts stores should have them.

scoot safely,

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JC

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Re: Doing valve clearance with .038mm gauge
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2013, 02:19:27 PM »
I use the same one and it works perfect. The manual calls for .04 but I like a little closer to 03 so .038 is between them both. Good luck!!!

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