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Offline Jonesy :-)

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Re: Whats your thinnest valve shim?
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2017, 08:09:41 AM »
Thanks Will, i contacted them for a price
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Re: Whats your thinnest valve shim?
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2017, 06:36:23 AM »
If you need some made try http://www.precisionshims.com.au/
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Re: Whats your thinnest valve shim?
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2017, 06:25:27 PM »
When my brother did the head on his police special he needed some fairly thin ones, around the 210- 215 thou I think, he took thick ones to a engine machineing shop and they shaved them to his spec, on the under side mind you, half the price of new ones.
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Re: Whats your thinnest valve shim?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2017, 12:01:37 PM »
Smallest I have in my (85 shim) library is a 245. I still have 4 complete engines with shims still installed to check out, but I am certain I have not ever seen one under 240. Our riding season is fairly short so we may have less selection due to low usage engines. It is still common here to pick up an xs11 with under 30,000 kms.
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Whats your thinnest valve shim?
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2017, 07:26:23 PM »
Generally for me the most common shim sizes I've come aross are in the 230 to 290 range,  but the re-hab motor has several 200 size shims. A first for me, So what about your's?
78 E Stock
78 E Stockish with spoked wheels
80 G spoked wheels and other subtle mods
81 RH problem child. Gone & forgotten
97 TRX 850
94 Yam 350 Big Bear 4 wheeler
?? Yam TTR 125 with milk crate. (RIP the Posty)