Making a shim over bucket spacer?

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Re: Making a shim over bucket spacer?

Post by Dogsbody » Wed Nov 21, 2018 8:10 am

I have actually seen pieces of feeler gauges used under bucket shims. No idea how long they lasted. Dogsbody

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Re: Making a shim over bucket spacer?

Post by davebike » Wed Nov 21, 2018 8:15 am

Measure shim and I can almost certainly say I will have in stock and will post !

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Re: Making a shim over bucket spacer?

Post by Newtsalad » Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:11 am

Or extend the valve stem with weld and grind to length. Not something I've tried mind, just a two minute application. 😁

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Re: Making a shim over bucket spacer?

Post by wightegi » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:28 am

Buy a tin of peanuts :o no nick the brake pads off some ones car :roll: :lol:

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Re: Making a shim over bucket spacer?

Post by Newtsalad » Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:48 pm

wightegi wrote:
Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:28 am
Buy a tin of peanuts :o no nick the brake pads off some ones car :roll: :lol:
If that's the route to go (not sure it would last) then chop up a set of feeler gauges for shim.

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Re: Making a shim over bucket spacer?

Post by loadedtoad » Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:29 pm

Under the bucket shim maybe ,i'd be a little cautious with over the bucket type.
I remember a Suzuki GS850 with a shim in/through the cam cover coming into the workshop in the early 90's
Found some feeler gauge type stuff wrapped around the camshaft.
I guess it depends on how much of a lip is on the bucket and how much you lift the shim by.

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Re: Making a shim over bucket spacer?

Post by AE86 » Fri Nov 23, 2018 12:53 pm

Cut out a spacer by stacking some gearbox washers (figured they'd be a bit sturdier than peanut tin), and so far so good. Nice and quiet too.

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