450 r SHIM PROBLEM

[hondaex420]

AIGHT HERES THE DEAL TOOK MY ENGINE APART PUT A 13:1 JE PISTON HRC CAM YOSHI FULL EXHAUST JETTING ETC... I TOOK THE STOCK SHIMS OFF...NOT REMEMBERING WHICH SHIM GOES WHERE..THIS IS MY PROBLEM...I BOUGHT A HOT CAM SHIM KIT B/C MY VALVES NEEDED TO BE AJUSTED...HOW TO I KNOW WHICH SIZE SHIM GOES WHERE...AND HOW DO I FIGURE THIS OUT...OR CAN SOMONE TELL WHICH SIZES TO PUT ON EACH VALVE????
NEED THE QUAD FOR 4TH JULY WEEKEND!!!CAN ANYONE HELP

[cals400ex]

it is going to be a major guessing game from here. i would put shims in and then measure. then go up or down as needed.

[duke416ex]

Of the shims you took out, the smaler ones were probably the intake side. You just put the shims in, measure with gauges, then take the difference from the measurement to the tolerance and add that to the shim size you had in when you measured to figure out what you needed. I hope that wasn't to confusing. In the manual there is an equation to figure it out.

[Punk'd]

You need a feeler guage if you didnt already know that bro.

[tltcracing]

buy yourself a fealer gauge kit.

intake: 0.16+-0.03mm
exhaust: 0.28+-0.03mm

you cant just put the stock shims back in beacuse the cam is a diff grind.

[cals400ex]

you can try the stock shims as a starting point though....

[White7]

Originally posted by cals400ex
you can try the stock shims as a starting point though....

Exactly ,just put the stock shims back in ,doesnt matter where,check you clearances and put the proper size shims in from your kit

[DirtDevilBT]

If you can't read what's on the stock shim, you will need a mic, or put in a Hot Cam shim, read it, and adjust.



For you buddy, take it to a dealer ship and give them your shim kit. Make sure you get everything back though. Play around with your quad some other time, when you have the time. You don't want to do new things in a hurry. Otherwise it sounds like you're pretty clueless. Do you have a manual?