Valve adjustment with head off

[lowacura]

can you adjust the valves when the head is off... 99 gsr.. i heard they were hydralic? not sure... is it still adjustable when the head is not on the block?

thanks
Peter

[randyman]

Originally posted by lowacura
can you adjust the valves when the head is off... 99 gsr.. i heard they were hydralic? not sure... is it still adjustable when the head is not on the block?

thanks
Peter

sure u can. BUT! when u put the cams back in, bolted the cam holders, etc. u will need to adjust the valves again.

[lowacura]

Alright i finally had the time to adjust the valves...

All valve clearances are pretty muhc perfect

My question is...

When you turn the cam, and the valves open, are the valves supposed to be exactly alike when they open up?

I noticed one side opens more than the other on all of valves. on both intake and exhaust. but opposite for each side. like for example, on the intake side, the right side of each valve opens more, and on the exhaust side the left side opens up more than the other.

The vtec selinoid was off, i dont know if that makes any difference... the valve clearance like i said was pretty good.

I dont want to throw it on the car and take it off to fine that the valves or the head is no good. Please help!

thanks guys

Peter

[lowacura]

^^^^^^^^^^^ going up ^^^^^^^^^^^^

[randyman]

hmmm...that is very perplexing. have u tried having a professional look at it?

[BabyDaddy]

it's normal

['93 Ex]

Originally posted by randyman
sure u can. BUT! when u put the cams back in, bolted the cam holders, etc. u will need to adjust the valves again.

It is not good to adjust the valves when the head is off, because you never torque the cam to the head before you torque the head to block.

[lowacura]

Originally posted by '93 Ex
It is not good to adjust the valves when the head is off, because you never torque the cam to the head before you torque the head to block.

It was torqued down though. I made sure...