Yes, a lucky catch. I still had plenty of thread on the adjusters and didn't notice that valve being excessively loose the last time I adjusted the valves. But perhaps I didn't adjust them as often as I should have. Still, I don't think I had to turn it in any more than the others the last time I adjusted it and that couldn't have been too long ago. I had swapped my dual carbs out for a single carb sometime a few months before it died on me and I'm sure I adjusted the valves then. I was driving all through the New York winter, 70 miles a day up to 65 mph. Which explains the transaxle failure.
There are no caps between the adjusters and the valve stems. The flat area of the ball contacts the stem directly. On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Chuck Kuecker <ckuec...@ckent.org> wrote: > Tried the link again, got through. Looks like the end of the valve was > not hardened correctly, and just got eroded away. A little longer and the > keepers would have nothing to keep them in place except friction. A lucky > catch! > > I can't imagine that happening quickly. Did you notice that intake valve's > lash getting loose on every check and just reset it? That adjuster would > have run out of threads pretty soon. > > Chuck Kuecker > > > On 3/30/2013 9:14 PM, bill may wrote: > > Do you have the adjusters going direct onto valve stem? Or are there > caps between valve and the ball foot adjusters?**** > > ** ** > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
