Checked my valves at 8000 miles and all were good. Checked em at 18,000 and all 4 were out just a little so time to fixity them.

Both exhaust were at .005 with 3 MM shims. Since .05 MM equals .002 inch I put 2.90 shims in the exhaust valves and put me squarely at .009 clearance right at the max.

Intake one was at .004 the other at .005 both again with 3MM shims. Put 2.95 shims in both, one valve is now at .007 the other "almost" at .007 so there both at the high on the intakes.....

Intake .004 to .0075
Exhaust .006 to .009

Perfect all 4 right on the loose end of the scale.... piece of cake... next check 25,000 or maybe 30 depending how I feel about it..

 

Wow! I would like to know how you learned or came up with the procedure for doing this. Seems like some of the mechs. at some shops at least aren't that knowledgeable or they just don't attend to detail like most owners. Sounds like you've got a good running bike. Any steerage on how to learn more on stuff like this is much appreciated. Thanks.

 

Youtube!

 

Shadetree

The easiest way to convert metric to english is

english times 25.4 equals metric
metric divided by 25.4 equals english

so .05 MM divided by 25.4 equals .002 of an inch
or say I need to move my valves .004 of an inch so

.004 X 25.4 equals .1 MM so figure out what shim you start with then just subtract the difference.

So if your starting shim is 2.90 MM and you need to move your valves .004

2.90MM / 25.4 = .114 thickness and you need to drop .004 down to .110 then
.110 x 25.4 = 2.794 or a 2.80 shim....

 

do you have a manual?...do you need one?....periodic maintenance 2-19 to 2-22....there is a simple chart also...if exhaust was at 0.005 in. = 0.127 mm...with a 3 mm shim....2-22 chart says...replace with 2.90 mm shim.....there is a inlet chart that does the same....easy to use...

important thing to know is the valve clearance standard:
exhaust 0.15 ~ 0.24 mm (0.0059 ~ 0.094 in.)
inlet 0.10 ~ 0.19 mm (0.0039 ~ 0.0075 in.)

i do all measurements in mm...it's easier for me...my valve clearance tools has both mm and inches....some people do it in inches...others do it in mm....i get super confused when people talk in inches....

 

Valves are a piece of cake..... I adjust mine once a year.

 

I don't have any problem with the conversion part, I was more interested in the the step by step instructions. I'll check out the Utube vid & order a maint. manual.

 

Sorry for not being more helpful, but I was in a hurry. Anyways, these are the ones that helped me. I've watched other videos, but these are the ones that are in my fave list. It's an easy job if you plan and organize yourself before you do it.

For the service manual, try this link https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...manuals-37525/

Another thread by klxrelic with a step by step on how to do it on the KLX https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...acement-35136/

 

the hardest part is just getting the valve cover off...very little space!...you have to just start removing stuff out of the way...i think it works best to lift and slide out to the left....gas tank, peacock and cansister all needed to come off...and, i had to remove the right fan also...after that...it's all smooth sailing from there....

 

I was gonna provide the link to my tutorial, but Malves beat me to it.