Maintenance of heavily modified KLX 250

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May 28, 2016 | 12:33 PM

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Matt88-8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Brewster

When you can't get a shim thin enough to bring your valve into spec, it's time for new valves. The seats usually hold up much longer than the valves.

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Brewster

Seriously? I thought these valves where Coated, once you wear through the coating your valves are done!
Maybe I'm just crazy. ..

May 29, 2016 | 11:43 AM

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s10gto

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I believe only titanium valves have the coating.

May 30, 2016 | 11:39 PM

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Matt88-8

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So you really just run them until they are to wore to shim?

May 31, 2016 | 09:17 PM

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s10gto

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Originally Posted by Matt88-8

So you really just run them until they are to wore to shim?

Correct

Jun 1, 2016 | 01:21 PM

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durielk

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Once they are wore to the shim, you replace the shim with a shorter shim and let them wear some more!

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