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Knarf0486
11-07-2005, 03:04 PM
my quad is in need of a valve adjustment. i got my manual and i checked out the article about it on this site and it doesnt seem too bad. does anyone have any secrets or tips that they can share with me to make this job easier and so i dont f everything up.
by the way i got an 02 if that makes a difference.
2004exrider
11-07-2005, 04:59 PM
just go by what the manual says, the best way to do it, its really not that hard to do either.:)

Jimmy
400exrider707
11-07-2005, 05:15 PM
Just make sure the first time you do it you are on the correct TDC, cause if you adjust on the wrong one you will mess things up big time.
trx400exxracer
11-07-2005, 05:17 PM
Just do what the manual says me and my dad did mine yesterday
phildogg
11-07-2005, 05:32 PM
like said before follow the manual. I was kinda worried my first time but wasn't bad at all..
phil
Knarf0486
11-07-2005, 06:12 PM
sweet im feeling pretty good about this. i just gotta pick up a set of those feeler gauges to check my clearance and im good to go. the manual tells you the correct way to find the tdc right. i remember it talking about that, but i dont have it on hand to check for sure.
Warrioreater400ex
11-07-2005, 09:30 PM
you might have to bend your feeler guages to make them work... mine were at like a 45 degree so i just bent them to a 90 to make things easier, i thought it would be bad but its very easy.
JOEX
11-07-2005, 09:39 PM
Originally posted by Warrioreater400ex
you might have to bend your feeler guages to make them work... mine were at like a 45 degree so i just bent them to a 90 to make things easier, i thought it would be bad but its very easy.
I did that too but they broke at the bend after awhile. they were pretty old though:ermm:
Knarf0486
11-08-2005, 12:42 PM
can you buy the feeler guages at an auto parts store, because i went to advanced auto the other day and my buddy who works there said they didnt have them there. maybe hes just a moron.
Warrioreater400ex
11-08-2005, 12:49 PM
yeah, they should have them... i bought mine from auto zone at like 2 am... any auto parts store should have feeler guages...
cals400ex
11-09-2005, 01:12 PM
make sure your engine is fully cold too. i adjust my valves usually after the bike has been sitting a day or longer. put it on top dead center (compression stroke) and you are good to go. autozone, napa, ace, sears, etc should all have feeler guages. just make sure you get some that have .004 and .005
Knarf0486
11-09-2005, 01:31 PM
if its been sittiin for a week thats not too long is it, because i went riding saturday and ill be home from college on fri to work on it? its .004 for the intake and .005 for the exhaust right? Thanks, man.
hondajoe05
11-09-2005, 04:40 PM
.004 .005 is corret look at the gauges befor eyou buy them our autozone didn't have a set with .004 so i had to head over to napa
hondajoe05
11-09-2005, 04:41 PM
correct* before*
cals400ex
11-10-2005, 12:11 AM
oh yeah you don't need to let it sit that long. just make sure you didn't drive it earlier so that the engine is still warm. i just usually let it sit a day for the heck of it. .004 intake and .005 exhaust is right on the money for the stock cam.