• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Intake valve a little loose...

vtskier

vtskier

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hi guys,

50 hours on 2004 Te 450. Exhaust valves are right at .008. Clutch intake is .005 while the throttle intake is .007. Should I try to tighten that intake up with a larger shim to bring it within spec? Or should I ride it and keep an eye on it?

Thanks,

Andrew
 
Loose is better than tight on the smaller bikes, the 610 is the opposite. So I would leave it if its only .001 .002 off.
 
Thanks Palmer84one! I appreciate the advice and boxed it all up. I will check again in about 15 hours to see if anything changes.

Andrew
 
I have had a shim go fly out while at high revs on the exhaust side with a valve that was a hair loose, George said something about valve float. I personally would get it in spec. Luckily no damage was done and the shim was just laying in the top end, that was on an '05 TE510.
 
So far, my 630 valves have only loosened up over time, never tightened. I'm about due for my 4th valve check; probably going to get to it this weekend.

If valve wear and recession into the head makes them tighten up, what makes them loosen up?
 
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