I own one of the "Click Adjust" tools and you still have to set it the first
time using a flat feeler gage. All the remaining valves are set using the
first measurement. If you don't get it right the first time, all the other
valves will be set wrong. If some valve rockers have a concave surface I
don't see how they will be set correctly based upon the initial setting.
The tool does save some time due to it's design of allowing you to hold the
adjusting screw while tightening the nut but personally, I have always
checked the settings manually after using the tool.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike MacLean" <macleans@earthlink.net>
To: "Brashear, Jack, N" <JNBrashear@garverengineers.com>
Cc: <Drtrite@aol.com>; <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: stump the chumps
> I'm told the "ClickAdjust " rocker clearance tool takes this concave wear
> into account when you set your clearances with it. You just set the tool
> for the gap you need and can reset your valves anytime by listening for
> the number of clicks. A proper sized socket is attached and an arm on the
> tool loosens or tightens the nut. The usual suspects sell it.
>
> --
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
> http://home.earthlink.net/~macleans/
>
> BTW - My BN2 frame and panels went out yesterday to the painter for final
> bodywork and paint - red over black and a 100M conversion.
>
>
> Brashear, Jack, N wrote:
>> Maybe this has been addressed already but I have seen rocker arm ends
>> become concave after much contact with the valve stems. A feeler gauge
>> won't detect this so you won't get a true gap setting the ordinary way.
>> The fix for this is to grind the rocker faces smooth.
>> Jack
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Drtrite@aol.com
>> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:39 PM
>> To: healeymanjim@JoiMail.com; healeys@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: stump the chumps
>>
>> In a message dated 3/5/06 8:20:28 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>> healeymanjim@JoiMail.com writes:
>> as tom and ray will say, it is now time to "stump the chump". a few
>> weeks ago, i adjusted the valves on a bj8. no click and no clack. a
>> new distributor cap and wires were added last week. the owner tells
>> there is a tick in the engine again. today i adjusteds the valves at
>> least three times and could not get rid of the tick Just by chance, have
>> you checked the nut that holds the harmonic balancer on? On a trip from
>> Texas to Daytona Beach a number of years ago the nut came
>> lose and I swore it was valve train noise.
>>
>> Don Lenschow
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