valves wont stop ticking got any suggestions

[greenhead_hunte]

I have a 2001 400ex that has a little work done to the head and a stage 1 hot cam I have adjusted the valves to stock specs but they tick very badly, anyone have any other specs i could try or any suggestions

[honda400ex2003]

i am not sure what the stock stuff is but hotcam stage 1 is intake=.005 and exhaust=.006. If you did that then it is probably the normal sound of the hotcam ticking. steve

[Honda#4]

Stock is .004 intake and .005 exhaust

[greenhead_hunte]

stock specs are 10 intake 12 exhaust that might be my problem thank you ill try it

[n811]

I have a webcam and it calls for stock valve adjustments and it ticks pretty bad especially when it gets hot.

[ep250ex]

Mine does the opposite, i have a stock motor with hmf and it ticks while its warm and then goes away when it warms up why would this b? is that normal?

[n811]

No its not normal for the top end to get quiet. The valves have a "tick" to them. They have to open a certain amount if not it can overheat real easy or some other problems can occur. Get those valves checked!

[81 clark racing]

set them to the hot cams spec and ull be good trust me yes they will tick louder now that you have that cam in there

[shawn3389]

i have a stg 1 hot cam and it ticks and the valves were set by hot cam specs

[81 clark racing]

yup normal

[omeeomy]

do you have to drain the oil to adjust the valves?

[F-16Guy]

Make sure you're using the correct scale on your feeler gages. Most have markings for both metric and SAE.

Specs for stage 1 are:

Intake --

.13mm (.005")

Exhaust --

.15mm (.006")

If you confused SAE and metric and set the intake lash to .13" instead of .13mm, it would be really noisey and probably run like poop.

[F-16Guy]

Originally posted by omeeomy
do you have to drain the oil to adjust the valves?

Nope. It just has to be cold.

[omeeomy]

thanks f-16guy