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

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Valve clearance adjustment 2012 TE250

hgearle

hgearle

Husqvarna
B Class
I checked the clearances on my valves today and the were Intake .15mm (right on) and .17mm (off by .03mm). The workshop manual says they should be intake .15 and exhaust .20.

Question. On the intake side I measured both the left and right sides. Am I supposed to measure both left and right, or just the right? Both sides did measure .15mm.

On the exhausts side the left measured .20 (perfect) and the right side was .17mm.

I'm a noob. What should I do to correct this? If I need to get shims, where should I get them and how do I install them? Is there a video that shows this?

Thanks for the help.
 
If you have not done this before, and don't have a knowledgeable person to show you, might be best to let the shop
adjust the valves. Hard to walk you through a valve adjustment on here. You might learn enough of the principles
watching some utube videos of shim type valves, then read the manual and give it a go, though safer to have it done,
It's not that expensive.
 
Thanks for the responses. The bike runs fine. Have 1,000 miles, mostly dirt, so I thought I'd check the clearance. The only thing I have noticed lately is that I burn more oil. About every 200 miles I have to top off. I am not blowing any smoke. Is this normal to have to add oil so often? I am back to dirt bikes after 33 year break. I'm enjoying today's technology versus mid 1970s.
How far off can clearance get before I should do something?
 
Once the clearances start to change from where they are is when I would adjust them. A small amount of oil usage is OK but keep an eye on it, you don't want it getting progressively worse. I change my oil every 400 kilometres (250 miles) give or take some.
 
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