Hello everyone....Ok, new tires, front brakes, brake fluid, oil/air filter, spark plugs and getting all visible chrome up to acceptable levels of shine has been completed! Tires need to go on, but I'm also constructing a poor-man's laser chain/rear wheel alignment tool, but more on that later....
The bike has always had this, but I want to address it since I can hear it when I start it up....there's what seems to be a sporatic knocking sound from the valve cover area, left side of bike. Seems to go away, or at least lessen when she warms up.....work with previous owner and talked to him....said "Ya, probably need to get the valves adjusted." The bike came with a Honda Shop Manual so I assumed he did all this stuff to and could hand over the wealth of infomration stored between his ears.....started describing the process of pulling shims, measuring them, using a special tool, how to go about it, etc.....he blankly stared at me and said "That's why I paid someone to do it." Great....so can my fellow Nighhawkian's lend a noob a hand? Does this indeed sound like valve misalignment? Does it sound accurate on the procedure? The manual I have is actually for another 82' model, a V I think instead of an SC but I guess the motor is the same? Special tools? Shims? All this sound right? Something that can be tackled fairly easilly or am I looking at a weekend's worth here? I also saw the post on Sea Foam and carbon build up issues worth a try? I have a buddy who runs a newer BMW and indicated valve adjustments are simply set screw adjustments and no big deal....want to make sure I'm looking at the right thing in the manual as well, figure BMW'ers would never think about seeing the inside of their engine anyway so I take that with a grain of salt....thanks in advance everone! -Dan- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
